Film Festival 09 - I'm Not Harry Jenson
I'm Not Harry Jenson
New Zealand 2009, 102m
Director: James Napier-Robertson
Carrying off its low budget with polish and actorly flair, this
earnestly lurid digi-thriller makes a bold break from years of TV
stardom for writer/director James Napier-Roberston and
producer/actor Tom Hern. "I know more about killers than they know
about themselves," boasts Sydney true crime writer Stanley,
pen-name Michael White (Gareth Reeves), but too much knowledge of
his next subject, serial killer Harry Jenson is weirding Stanley
out. His desperate agent suggests joining a tramping party in NZ to
clear his head. How could he guess that he's transplanting his
troubled client from urban noir into a bloody backwoods whodunit?
The less you know about the motley crew of trampers now, the more
point there is in seeing the film to divine their true colours.
Cameron Rhodes, Ian Mune, Ilona Rodgers are amongst the familiar
faces contributing distinctively to the cunningly plotted mayhem of
terror, suspicion and recrimination. - Bill Gosden
