Angel Mine

"I like to pull rabbits out of hats to surprise people". So said young director David Blyth, before unleashing Angel Mine. Inspired partly by the surrealism of Luis Buñuel, Blyth's inventive debut is one of a handful of Kiwi experimental feature films to win mainstream release. Featuring a whitebread suburban couple and their liberated alter egos, the film explores ideas of consumerism, sexuality, the media, and taboo-breaking. The film excited criticism from Patricia Bartlett, and a notorious addition to its R18 certificate: "contains punk cult material."

Key Cast & Crew

Jennifer Redford

As: The Woman

Derek Ward

As: The Man

Liz Mitchell

Wardrobe Supervisor, Costumes

John Earnshaw

Camera Operator, Cinematographer

Warren Sellers

Producer, Production Manager

David Blyth

Producer, Director, Writer