Public Address | Cafe | Notes & Queries: Kiwi Queer Screen (Part One) - From 'Hudson & Halls' to 'Squeeze' https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306315#post306315 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306315#post306315 Great piece of social history.
Especially considering the context of the times...

(Truth poster September 29, 1982)

]]> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:15:22 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306302#post306302 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306302#post306302 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:21:29 +1300 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306274#post306274 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306274#post306274 It’s cast of extras also deserves mention.

Watching it again last week I spotted myself in the takeaway bar. I have no memory of that scene even being filmed but I was quite thrilled. As I recall we were not only extras but we were also tasked by Richard as…

]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:38:21 +1300 David Herkt https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306129#post306129 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306129#post306129 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:14:59 +1300 Jose Barbosa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306109#post306109 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306109#post306109 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:42:19 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306106#post306106 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306106#post306106 Squeeze was entirely shot in real city locations – Auckland streets, inner-city flats and houses

Party at Brooklyn apartments!

]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:42:09 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306105#post306105 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306105#post306105 Auckland punk provided the movie’s soundtrack: Toy Love, The Features, and the Marching Girls. The movie’s title derived from the Toy Love song of the same name which provided its title-theme. The selection of music is indicative of Squeeze’s continuing cultural relevancy for it is precisely this music that is… ]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:40:50 +1300 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306093#post306093 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306093#post306093 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:04:45 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306072#post306072 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306072#post306072 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:07:33 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306071#post306071 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/notes-queries-kiwi-queer-screen-part-one/?p=306071#post306071 Discussion from blog post.

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