“No locally made film has caused more hullabaloo since the advent of the State-sponsored NZ Film Commission than David Blyth’s Angel Mine... It has been the cause of renewed urgings to the Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet to tighten censorship law, and to the Government in general to carefully watch how the taxpayers money is being spent in the new surge towards a developed local film industry. Porn watchdog Patricia Bartlett, in particular, has been assiduous in penning letters to Government leaders and newspapers… Angel Mine, which has been made on a miniscule budget of about $30,000 and blown into 35mm from original 16mm footage, is much more than all the ‘put down’ ballyhoo suggests."
“No locally made film has caused more hullabaloo since the advent of the State-sponsored NZ Film Commission than David Blyth’s Angel Mine... It has been the cause of renewed urgings to the Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet to tighten censorship law, and to the Government in general to carefully watch how the taxpayers money is being spent in the new surge towards a developed local film industry. Porn watchdog Patricia Bartlett, in particular, has been assiduous in penning letters to Government leaders and newspapers… Angel Mine, which has been made on a miniscule budget of about $30,000 and blown into 35mm from original 16mm footage, is much more than all the ‘put down’ ballyhoo suggests."