DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY
WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SCREENING
Robert Sarkies'
SCARFIES
(New Zealand, 1999, 94 mins, R16 violence & offensive language)
Wednesday 5 March, 7.30PM, University of Otago’s Castle 1 Lecture Theatre**
A group of uni students finds more than they bargained for when they move into an abandoned house in Sarkies’ newly restored Dunedin crime caper. |
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| "What appears at first to be an uncomplicated fast-buck windfall turns into a nightmarish spiral of increasingly violent events in Scarfies, an accomplished first feature from 26-year-old New Zealander Robert Sarkies. A Shallow Grave-type scenario bumped into a younger age bracket, this comedy-thriller about amateur criminals in over their heads charts a skilfully modulated descent into progressively darker, crazier territory... The setting for the action is a large, dilapidated house – empty and abandoned, but with free electricity – where five assorted scarfies take up rent-free residence... The tight script by the director and his brother Duncan Sarkies steadily accelerates” (David Rooney, Variety)
FURTHER REVIEW
"Scarfies' scenario of innocents bumbling onto a windfall giving them a crash course in Underworld Studies 101 is hardly new, with recent variations on that theme including Shallow Grave and A Simple Plan. But it brings something fresh and decidedly New Zealand-accented to the premise... Its shift from opening fizziness to black comedy exuding menace, paranoia and contemplations of murder makes Scarfies quite a ride – though its occasional detour into slapstick does loosen the tightly wound tension" (NZ Herald).
Finally, watch this snippet of Taika Waititi discussing his role in Scarfies.
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ABOUT THE DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY
ADMISSION
Free to members.
TO JOIN
To purchase a Full Season membership:- complete a membership form from our website and pay by online bank transfer (06-0942-0696013-00);
- or join at the door before any screening (cash only).
- you can also join at the OUSA office reception at the University of Otago (cash only).
Alternatively, you can purchase a Three-Film sampler ($25), which can be also be shared to bring two friends to one screening. The sampler does not expire and can be used over multiple years.
Membership includes generous discounts at Rialto Cinemas (from Monday to Friday) and the 2025 Dunedin Whānau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival; and FREE entry to the 2025 screenings of all other affiliated New Zealand Film Societies. Each member is entitled to ONE FREE GUEST ADMISSION to a single screening.
**To get to the Castle 1 Theatre: walk up between the University of Otago’s Arts building (Burns) and Information Services building (Central Library), on Albany Street.
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