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SCHOOLBOY Q THE FOUNDRY

THIS FORTNIGHT’S TEN MUST SEE MUSIC EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND

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Top Dawg Entertainment’s acclaimed hip-hop phenomenon returns to New Zealand with his Encore tour. After a busy recent schedule which has included guesting verses for hip-hop heavyweights Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky and acclaimed producer The Alchemist, as well as a massive US tour with The Weeknd and Jhene Aiko, the outspoken lyrical maestro will be bringing his trademark grit and wit to Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin.

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‘80s Brazilian metal legends Sepultura bring their unique brand of unadulterated tribal thrash to Auckland’s Studio this October. Over 30 years after their inception, the South American deathmetal/hardcore kings will be reigning furious chaos with their extensive back catalog of grinding anthems which includes ‘Roots Bloody Roots’, ‘Refuse/ Resist’ and of course, ‘Ratamahatta’.

THU 02 OCT SUN 05 OCT

VILLAINY

THE TOPP TWINS

THE KINGS ARMS

TOWN HALL

JILLIONAIRE (MAJOR LAZER)

AUCKLAND

DUNEDIN

LOCO

8PM, $30, NZTIX.CO.NZ

8PM, $70-75, TICKETDIRECT.CO.NZ

QUEENSTOWN

Following on from their recent Vodafone NZ Music Awards win for Rock Album of the Year, the Ammunition Tour sees Villainy set to play a series of gigs in intimate venues across the country.

The band is known for their furiously charismatic sound and fans are likely to be treated to their hits as well as a whole bunch of new tracks currently being recorded.

New Zealand’s premiere country-musicrockabilly-bluegrass-comedy-twin act bring their take on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry to 13 venues across the country in October. The tour promises to be a celebration of original Kiwi country music and will pay homage to some of the country’s greats. Expect special guests, alter-egos and plenty of footstomping and mayhem.

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Regular Major Lazer collaborator Jillionaire brings his blend of indie dance and big room house with the Caribbean rhythms of soca and dancehall to Queenstown in October. The Trinidad & Tobago native has toured the globe both with Major Lazer and as a solo act, spreading his tropical bass grooves across the world.

WED 08 OCT

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THU 09 OCT

BEASTWARS W/ WINDHAND

MILEY CYRUS

MULHOLLAND

DUX LIVE

VECTOR ARENA

WUNDERBAR

CHRISTCHURCH

AUCKLAND

LYTTLETON

8PM, $30, UTR.CO.NZ

7.30PM, SOLD OUT

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Acclaimed Kiwi heavy-metallers Beastwars are on the road this October with psychedelic stoner doom-metal cohorts Windhand. The shows have been added to the band’s Australian dates where they’re co-headlining the annual Doomsday Festival. Both bands have been busy touring and in the studio and this night promises to be the ultimate showcase of world class doom. Expect carnage.

Everyone’s favourite wrecking-balllicking, controversy-courting pop songstress brings her charmingly titled Bangerz tour to New Zealand this October. Her Vector Arena show will be the global pop sensation’s first and only gig in NZ before she heads off to engulf Australia. The explosive show is sure to be the perfect balance of dubious costumes and high-octane party anthems.

Christchurch’s Jol Mulholland celebrates the release of Stop And Start Again with a tour featuring his live band Mike Hall (bass/vox), Matthias Jordan (keys/vox) (Pluto/Nightchoir) and Scott Mason (Gasoline Cowboy) on drums.

The talented songwriter is well known for his collaborations with the likes of Liam Finn and Anika Moa and the tour promises to be as charismatic as its prolific frontman.

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SUN 12 OCT – TUE 14 OCT

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TORCHE

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VECTOR ARENA

THE KINGS ARMS

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Following on from the success of 2012’s Oscar Award winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, in which the Detroit native learns of his unlikely legendary status in South Africa and Australia, despite having relatively little success playing clubs and bars in his native land, Sixto Rodriguez brings his unique brand of American folk to antipodean shores once again after his sell-out 2013 shows.

Following on from the success of 2013’s The 20/20 Experience, the unstoppable Justin Timberlake brings his worlddominating tour to Vector Arena for three nights in October. Going from strength to strength with no signs of relenting, 2013 saw JT take home three Grammy Awards including Best R ‘n’ B Song for ‘Pusher Love Girl’, and three American Music Awards including Favourite Pop/ Rock Male Artist. Expect slickness.

American band Torche arrives in NZ for the first time in October to blaze a trail of unrelenting hard rock across the country. The band brings its explosive live show to the King’s Arms after “ten years shattering ears and captivating crowds”, so if you like your rock loud, uncompromising and sludgy, get down there. Maybe warm up your ears beforehand.

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THIS FORTNIGHT’S FIVE MUST SEE CULTURAL EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND

THU 02 OCT

NAT GEO - EXTREME ADVENTURE ON THE EDGE TE PAPA WELLINGTON

WED 01 OCT – FRI 31 OCT

MOCKTOBER THE CLASSIC COMEDY CLUB AUCKLAND

WED 01 OCT – SUN 05 OCT

POP-UP MINI GOLF

The Classic Comedy Club celebrates 17 years on Queen St in Auckland with Mocktober, a month-long extravaganza guaranteed to split your sides wide open. The program features 35 live shows featuring established comedians as well as some of the best rising stars NZ has to offer.

Returning to New Zealand and presenting in Wellington for the first time, National Geographic Live presents two extraordinary adventurers to share their unbelievable stories. The first tale sees legendary underwater photographer David Doubilet explore the world’s “coral triangle’’ and the lure of sculptural icebergs and shipwrecks in the icy waters of Antarctica.

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The creative folks over at #scribbleAKL are bringing mini-golf to Silo Park in the Wynyard Quarter for the upcoming school holidays, but this isn’t your regular mini-golf. A collaborative community project created from borrowed and up-cycled objects, this 18-hole course promises to be a unique experience for young and old alike.

THU 02 OCT

ARTIST YOSHITOSHI ABE EXHIBITION EVENING

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Japanese graphic artist Yoshitoshi Abe is well-known for his edgy style and numerous manga/anime creations.

This year the ex-graffiti artist will be guest artist at the Overload NZ Comic & Manga Convention at ASB stadium, and his appearance is preceded by this exhibition of his work which will be open from 9am to 5pm.

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Second Afterlife is a dark comedy about life (and death) in the digital age.

Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, and in the tradition of Scott Pilgrim vs the World, it’s a twisted allegory for the Facebook generation – a poetic, ass-kicking romp to the darkest corners of web.

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FRI 03 OCT – SUN 26 OCT

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC

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The record-breaking and much-hyped London production of The Sound of Music opens in Auckland this month after receiving critical acclaim during its Wellington run. Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian’s production of the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical moves into the Civic theatre in Auckland for the month of October.

Expect plenty of raindrops on roses and a fair amount of whiskers on kittens.

It’s hard to believe Peter Jackson’s humble world-dominating effects studios are 20 years old this year. Weta Digital and Weta Workshop are marking the occasion with a month of events taking a look behind the scenes at the creativity and innovation involved in bringing some of the studio’s most impressive creations to life from its work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy to The Avengers and Avatar.

SAT 04 OCT – SUN 05 OCT

TO: THE CASTLE 3 CASTLE ST AUCKLAND

To: The Castle is a two day pop-up art show featuring the work of five local artists, in the “Secret Garden” of 3 Castle Street, Grey Lynn.

The works, by artists Natasha MatilaSmith, Nate Savill, Javier Egusquiza, Fizah Kahlo, and Zoe Copsey, range from painting to sculpture and installation.

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Performed for children by childlike adults, Improv for Kids throws a touch of immature magic back into the drudgery of everyday grownuppery. Think the Seven Days drawing competition stretched over the course of a night. It’s a chance for your kid to interact with the performers and possibly put some careers on the line.

Ditch your Pink Floyd artwork and get springtime psychedelic at the spectacular Light Show! Billed as a “multi-sensory experience”, it will make you think twice about something we take so much for granted (light), with atmospheric installations and intangible sculptures that you can walk through.

I’m buzzin’ already. A pleasure trip for the family/lightsaber addicts.

In this imaginative play by the My Accomplice theatre company, bearded man Uther Dean confesses the story of how he sold his soul at the age of seven.

Just like Bart, he manages to get it back – but you’ll only find out if you attend this award-winning, unique take on life.

Co-written by Hannah Clarke.

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THE BEST IN TV AND FILM THIS FORTNIGHT

THU 02 OCT

SOUTH PARK – S18 COMEDY CENTRAL, 9.50PM

Everyone’s favourite foul-mouthed fourth graders return for an impressive 18th season. Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s sharp satire of American life as seen through the eyes of the bumbling residents of South Park, Colorado has managed to stay fresh and topical over the years, having taken jabs at everything from Mormonism to Kanye to Steve Jobs. The Washington Redskins are next in the firing line.

THU 09 OCT THU 09 OCT

WE ARE THE BEST! THE JUDGE

CINEMA RELEASE

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Lukas Moodysson’s critically acclaimed 2013 Swedish-Danish drama finally gets a cinematic release on our shores. The story revolves around three disillusioned 13 year old girls in 1980s Stockholm who form a punk band, despite being advised by all around them that punk is dead. Fortunately, the androgynous trio doesn’t let this or their lack of instruments or talent get in their way.

Robert Downey Jr. takes a break from tinkering with robotic daywear and assembling formidable superteams to take a trip back to his hometown in Indiana, to find that his estranged father (Robert Duvall) is suspected of murder. A change of pace for RDJ and with David Dobkin (The Wedding Crashers) in the director’s chair, expect some laughs to accompany the drama.

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SEX & MUSIC

TV ONE, 9.35PM

SKY ARTS, 9.20PM

This documentary follows James Kingston as he journeys to Kiev to immerse himself in the adrenaline-fuelled world of urban free-climbing. This recent phenomenon has seen young daredevils across the globe illegally climb cranes and buildings without safety equipment to hang hundreds of metres above certain death, filming the experience in the process.

This series chronicles the intricate relationship between sex and music in modern culture over recent decades. From the 1950s when 3% of songs in the charts referenced sex, to 2009 when a total of 92% of hits were sex-related, this series explores how our sexual behaviors and musical tastes have evolved in tandem.

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ENOUGH SAID SKY MOVIES EXTRA, 8.30PM

SUN 05 OCT

SPRINGSTEEN & I SKY ARTS, 8.30PM

From producer Ridley Scott and director Baillie Walsh comes this doco-biopic documenting the life and career of Bruce Springsteen through the eyes of his fans throughout the world.

The movie uses only fan-submitted videos and allows fans to share their most personal insights, abstractions and reflections on how Bruce Springsteen and his music has affected their lives.

Critically acclaimed romantic comedy starring Julia LouisDreyfus and James Gandolfini (in one of his last on-screen roles). Eva (Dreyfus), a divorced single parent, dreads her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (Gandolfini) – a like-minded man also facing an empty nest and romance quickly blossoms.

TUE 07 OCT

SLEEPY HOLLOW – S2 PRIME, 8.30PM SAT 04 OCT

THU 09 OCT

SMALL APARTMENTS RIALTO CHANNEL, 8.30PM

Little Britain’s Matt Lucas plays Franklin Franklin, a fairly regular guy living in a cramped apartment in LA who dreams of one day playing his mighty alphorn on a spectacular mountain in Switzerland.

When he kills his landlord by accident, Franklin must rally his eccentric neighbours together to help him out of a sticky situation.

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS TCM, 8.30PM

Roman Polanski’s 1967 vampire spoof was originally titled Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck and tells the story of a pair of inept vampire hunters traversing 19th-century Transylvania in search of the dreaded vampire menace, with enough time to have some laughs and fall in love along the way.

Recently resurrected 18th-century professor turned soldier Ichabod Crane returns to continue his hunt for the headless horseman and his cohorts in this revamped gothic thriller.

Things have gone from bad to worse since the first season with Ichabod finding himself buried alive in a coffin, while all those he cares about remain in grave danger.

MON 13 OCT NEW KID

TV SHOW

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CULT CLASSIC

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TV FILM

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW – S4

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SOHO, 9.30PM

TV’s most unnerving anthology returns for its fourth season, with this year’s macabre tale centered on an ailing circus freak show in 1950s Florida. With a cast any movie would envy – Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett all share screen time alongside AHS regulars Evan Peters, Emma Roberts & Denis O’Hare. Freak Show promises to be as dark and twisted as we’ve come to expect from this series.

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Drinking

UNDERGROUND COFFEE COMPANY MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

THE CAV

CHRISTCHURCH

68 COLLEGE HILL AUCKLAND

A Ponsonby institution for many years, the Cav has had a recent transformation into a fresh, funky gastro-pub. As well as the new relaxed, beachy decor, the kitchen has been overhauled by Eugene Hamilton from Euro, and now offers an extensive menu which can be enjoyed in the relaxed and vibrant atmosphere. Couples as well as families are catered for, with an extensive weekend brunch menu and great balcony which features unrivaled views of Auckland city.

So you’ve stepped up from your chai-spiced latte and think you know what an espresso is. Well, if you haven’t heard of the Underground Coffee Company, then forget what you know, mutha-sippa. Supplying a fantastic selection of signature blends, brew gear, the finest beans, and an overall knack for a decent grind ‘n’ roast, Underground have their fingers firmly on the pulse of New Zealand’s thriving cafe industry. Based in Christchurch, the team are firm believers in fair trade, wholesaling organic fair trade and ethical coffee to cafes nationwide. There’s even pre-loved machinery on their website – now I’m awake.

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SHOP 6, THE TULJA CENTRE,

1-17 JELLICOE STREET,

This quirky casual diner offers something unique in Ponsonby Central’s already crowded eatery marketplace. Bedford Soda and Liquor is a speciality meatball restaurant, that also does an impressive line of cocktails, liquor floats and shakes. A winning combination, and with small portion sizes, reasonable prices and heaps of options to choose from, this place is well worth the visit for any meatball lover.

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One of Auckland’s surprisingly few authentic African restaurants, you will find Cafe Abyssinia in an unlikely location at the back of the Tulja centre in Mt Roskill. Serving traditional Ethiopian food, it provides a genuinely authentic eating experience. Traditional-style Ethiopian bread serves as both plate and utensil to experience the bold flavors of this delectable cuisine.

WYNYARD QUARTER

TEQUILA JOE’S 43 VIVIAN ST WELLINGTON

A delicious wave of Mexican spots have popped up across Aotearoa recently, and what better place to stuff your hole with a piping hot churro than Tequila Joes? You can book your function, or casually rock up on a Tuesday night and bathe in all-you-can-eat tacos, dog! I’m jalapeno business, Tequila Joe.

AUCKLAND

Nutritionists say that brunch ruins your day, because you’re covering two meals with one (unless you’re Kim Dotcom and have waffles every hour). I’ve heard that The Conservatory does a brunch that’ll make your entire week, not to mention a criminally good pizza.

Affordable, innovative and delicious, I want the bagel with kumara shavings, thanks.

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REVOLUTION RUSSELL BRAND OUT: FRI 24 OCT

This just in: Winklepickered, open-bloused comedian voices educated opinion! World shocked! For those fed up with the 1%, the status quo, and fat, crooked politicians: Russell Brand is rallying up the troops of morality. A successful radio host and author, Brand is best known as the typical British sexy rocker, shooting it up in major films (Get Him to the Greek, Alfie, Rock of Ages). His previous stand-up show was the critically acclaimed Messiah Complex, which included his views on the very current figures Jesus, Che Guevara and Gandhi. The revolution will not be televised, so buy the DVD now.

THE CAKER: 50 NEW AND UNUSUAL CAKE RECIPES JORDAN RONDEL RECIPE BOOK

Lower that spatula, mum – this isn’t your ordinary cooking book. A fresh take on those indulgences you love, Jordan Rondel has whipped up some amazing ideas for her book The Caker, including gluten, dairy free and vegan options. Keeping things mostly organic, this is a handy, new-age guide for the unorthodox (or uncoordinated) baker.

IT CHOOSES YOU MIRANDA JULY SHORT STORIES

Closing a TradeMe auction, I choose postage over real human interaction every time. Miranda July did the opposite, meeting a selection of people who sold items in the PennySaver, a classifieds booklet in the US. In a world of anonymous account names selling you old shit, July conjures up a surprisingly fresh and moving tale.

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UPCOMING TOURS & EVENTS THE 1975 (UK) Tue 20 Jan, 2015 Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland

2014 APRA SILVER SCROLL AWARDS Thu 30 Oct TSB Bank Arena, Wellington

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (AU) Thu 18 Jun, 2015 Vector Arena, Auckland

Wed 05 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland Thu 06 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland Fri 07 Nov Founders Theatre, Hamilton Sun 09 Nov TSB Theatre, New Plymouth

THE BLACK KEYS (US) Sat 18 Apr Horncastle Arena, Christchurch Sun 19 Apr Vector Arena, Auckland

ALOE BLACC (US) Tue 21 Oct The Powerstation, Auckland Thu 23 Oct Opera House, Wellington

AQUA Wed 29 Oct The Powerstation, Auckland

CHELSEA HANDLER (US) Sat 29 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland

CLAP CLAP RIOT/BUZZ MOLLER

ELBOW (UK) Sat 01 Nov The Powerstation, Auckland Sun 02 Nov The Powerstation, Auckland

HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS (AU) Fri 21 Nov The Powerstation, Auckland

JAKOB Thu 23 Oct The Cabana, Napier Fri 24 Oct San Fran, Wellington Fri 07 Nov Churchills Tavern, Christchurch Sat 08 Nov Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers Fri 14 Nov Galatos, Auckland Sat 15 Nov Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Leigh

JOEY BADA$$ AND RUN THE JEWELS (US) Fri 09 Jan James Cabaret, Wellington Sat 10 Jan Studio, Auckland

JOHNNY MARR (UK) Sat 07 Feb The Powerstation, Auckland

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (US) Thu 23 Oct CPIT, Christchurch Fri 24 Oct Bodega, Wellington Sat 25 Oct The Tuning Fork, Auckland Sun 26 Oct The Tuning Fork, Auckland

Fri 17 Oct Meow, Wellington Sat 18 Oct The Kings Arms, Auckland Fri 24 Oct Churchills, Christchurch Sat 25 Oct Chicks Hotel, Dunedin

KATY PERRY (US) Fri 19 Dec Vector Arena, Auckland Sat 20 Dec Vector Arena, Auckland

BAYLEYS GREAT CLASSICS SERIES: CZECHMATE Thu 02 Oct Town Hall, Auckland

BEASTWARS W/ WINDHAND Wed 08 Oct Dux Live, Christchurch Thu 09 Oct Chick’s Hotel, Dunedin Fri 10 Oct San Fran, Wellington Sat 11 Oct The King’s Arms, Auckland

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Tue 25 Nov Claudelands Arena, Hamilton Wed 26 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland Fri 28 Nov Horncastle Arena, Christchurch Sat 29 Nov Town Hall, Dunedin

Tue 18 Nov The Powerstation, Auckland

THE KOOKS (UK) Thu 15 Jan Vector Arena, Auckland

THE LEMONHEADS (US) JIMMY EAT WORLD (US) Sat 08 Nov The Powerstation, Auckland

Wed 17 Dec The Tuning Fork, Auckland Thu 18 Dec Bodega, Wellington

EAGLES (US)

JOAN ARMATRADING (UK)

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Fri 07 Nov The Tuning Fork, Auckland

Sat 14 Mar Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Sun 15 Mar Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

BILL BAILEY (UK)

ED SHEERAN (UK)

Wed 17 Dec Town Hall, Auckland Thu 18 Dec Opera House, Wellington Fri 19 Dec Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch

Sat 01 Nov Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Sun 02 Nov Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Mon 03 Nov CBS Arena, Christchurch

Wed 08 Apr Horncastle Arena, Christchurch Fri 10 Apr TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Sat 11 Apr Vector Arena, Auckland

Mon 27 Oct Horncastle Arena, Christchurch Wed 29 Oct Town Hall, Dunedin Fri 31 Oct TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Sat 01 Nov Vector Arena, Auckland

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THE MADDEN BROTHERS (US) Tue 04 Nov ASB Theatre, Auckland

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RHYTHM AND ALPS 2014 Tue 30 Dec Cardrona Valley, Wanaka

MILEY CYRUS (US)

RHYTHM AND VINES 2014

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Ben Affleck ACTOR, DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER and Oscar-winner Ben Affleck was preparing for his next directorial project when the opportunity to work with David Fincher on Gone Girl arose.

Affleck postponed his production to take the role of Nick Dunne, a former journalist who becomes the prime suspect when his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) goes missing.

Gone Girl the novel has already topped best-seller lists around the world, becoming a publishing phenomenon.

The book, which explores marriage and the media against the backdrop of a troubled economy, was written

by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.

What were your first thoughts on the character of Nick and the story in general?

I knew that it was going to be a deceptively hard part to play because the audience’s perspective on the character had to be delicately calibrated – the idea being that you can change what you think about this guy as the story goes along. Neither David or myself wanted to do it in a way that wasn’t realistic or wasn’t dramatic.

So we had to fine-tune little things, which can be hard to do. Because it’s got to be convincing… “Oh, maybe he did it…” “Maybe he didn’t…” And if you don’t have that question in the audience’s mind, the movie isn’t going to work as well.

Do you think the film reflects on modern marriage?

Ultimately, the book is about marriage.

So the movie is also about marriage, although it’s David’s take on it. It’s skewed again slightly. And Gillian’s take is somewhat perverse. So you have this perversion on top of a perversion! But ultimately, I think the movie is about the way that in relationships we kind of wear masks initially, to make the other person attracted to us. To change ourselves to fit in to what their expectations are, to play that role. And then there comes a time when the masks come off, you close the door and you sort of find out

who you really are and who they really are. Often there are surprises in that process. I think that is the one central thing that unites all the other themes in the book and in the movie.

Do you think the film’s take on these themes will prove controversial?

Well, David is… he’s either a contrarian or he’s a flat-out subversive person, but his take on these issues is quite strong and quite interesting, and, yes, quite provocative. I haven’t done a movie in 20 years where I think could create that kind of conversation between men and women that this film can. I think when people walk out of this one, they can really hold different views and feel strongly about it because I think it touches quite acutely on the ways men and women view things differently.

In that way, it is similar – in terms of the potential reaction it might provoke – to films like Fatal Attraction, or even Indecent Proposal – where audiences come out divided in their sympathies?

Yes. I think that’s a really astute observation because I think this film does what other kinds of cultural touchstone gender role films have done, which is take issues that are common to people in relationships, and draw them on a larger scale for the sake of illustration and discussion.

At their root, they really ask, basic provocative questions. I think this is one of those films.

The two main characters have both lost their jobs and moved out of the city. The careers that defined them have sort of evaporated in the modern world. Is that something the film explores at all?

I think it’s explored as background; the idea of the middle class alienation.

It’s sort of the erosion of the bottom end of the middle class. The sort of slow disillusionment that comes with recognizing it’s not true anymore that if you go to college and get good grades you can get a job. Or the kind of job you want. And then as that promise in America slips away, so too does some

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of our moral fabric. In that sense, there is a connection that you feel to both of these people – that their better selves have slipped away with their economic circumstances because it’s corroded their esteem and done things to them, the sorts of things that make us our lesser selves.

Has your experience as a director changed your acting or your understanding of acting?

I think directing has made me a much better actor. It’s a great acting class. I think any actor who has the opportunity to direct a movie ought to take it.

The chance to sit on the other side during the auditioning process, the performance process and the chance to cut a performance are hugely educational. At least they were for me – hugely beneficial in terms of recognizing things that work and things that don’t.

The way in which, you know, you can run a whole take for one emotion and run a whole second take for another emotion. You then get those emotions more purely and edit them together to create something really interesting. That stuff is really, really valuable.

How did you create the intimacy you needed to with Rosamund?

In terms of: the audience has to believe you are two people who know each other inside and out completely.

It was tricky. With David, because you’re shooting so much, there isn’t a lot of time to sit around, chat, get to know the “real you”. You’re really just there to work. Also, Ros is a bit enigmatic, almost inaccessible, which I think is actually good. There’s an undercurrent of alienation in the movie, so maybe this can sort of work for that.

It’s easier to create warmth and smiles and the things that we associate with happy relationships than it is to flavor it with a few spices of indifference and resentment. You know, loathing… if that makes sense!

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