Utu is set in New Zealand, late 19th century. Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace) is a Maori captain in the British Army. But when the colonial troops terrorize and kill his relatives, he swears bloody revenge. In an interview with RNZ, Tarantino describes Utu as the “truly the best New Zealand film of all time“.
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The film screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival and got an enthusiastic review by critical luminary Pauline Kael (via NZ on Screen). After that, however, it more or less disappeared into oblivion, and copies of the film were sometimes very difficult to obtain.
In 2013, director Geoff Murphy (Quiet Earth) put together a director’s cut. So it would be 30 years before fans saw the definitive version of the film. Quentin Tarantino did not reveal which version he saw. Probably all.
Podcast: Why is German TV so boring?
70 times CSI per week and Germany’s next top model at prime time: German free TV is at its lowest point and still can’t be killed. We discuss why this is the case in the Moviepilot podcast:
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We explain why German television found itself in a downward spiral of cheap TV and a lack of ideas even before Netflix & Co. and why so many are still tuning in. While Andrea sets herself up as a TV hangman, TV lawyer Hendrik passionately defends television.
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