M D Brown

Falling Out (2004)

15 min 3 secSingle channel / Sound / transferred to Digital Video / Colour / Sound

A journey through memories of lowlife New Zealand. Remembering an old mate, a roguish individual ponders times together, friendship, growing-up and hedonism.

Credits & notes

Voiceover: Stephen Bain

Cast: David Hall, Craig Taylor, Julie Hill, Stephen Bain, Nick Rowney, Jason Lane, Rebecca Ross, Andy Chappell, Adrian McNab

Sound: Inca Productions

Co-producer: Campbell Walker

    Installation view of Falling Out (2004) M D Brown, at AURA Festival of Artist Moving Images, Wellington (2019)

    Other works by M D Brown

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    On the low shore (2001)

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    Poor You (2000)

    An experimental film that explores how bitterness and still-burning desire might clash in the recollection of a lost love.

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