{"id":2628,"date":"2012-07-19T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T12:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2012-07-18T20:30:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T08:30:51","slug":"nziff-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/nziff-12\/","title":{"rendered":"NZIFF ’12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For as long as I can remember being a cinephile, June\/July is a time of excitement and discovery and anticipation as the New Zealand International Film Festival<\/a> hits town.<\/p>\n

Multiple copies of the brochure are hoarded (1 x library, 1 x lending, 1 x booking), and one of them becomes dog-eared with innumerable passes as various selections are made (1 x if I was rich, 1 x if I am poor, 1 x if I had the time, etc). The first pass is usually where several hundred notional dollars is spent as real-world rules are abandoned. The final pass is reached after considerable pain, and eventual, reluctant, acceptance of the world that I live in.<\/p>\n

This year, I did my first pass and… I didn’t dog-ear anything. This is a first. The Boy<\/b> has made his choice – having bored and traumatised<\/a> him at the last couple of fests, I thought it only fair that he have some say this year. Even The Goddess<\/b> has had some difficulty finding something to discover\/anticipate\/get-excited-about.<\/p>\n

Is it me<\/a>? I hope not.<\/p>\n

Time, maybe, to consult with Someone Who Knows<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For as long as I can remember being a cinephile, June\/July is a time of excitement and discovery and anticipation as the New Zealand International Film Festival hits town. Multiple copies of the brochure are hoarded (1 x library, 1 x lending, 1 x booking), and one of them becomes dog-eared with innumerable passes as … <\/p>\n

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