SHORT ENZ: LOVELOCK

A compilation of New Zealand short films between 1970 – 2002 plus interviews with film makers involved in the production.

This week: Lovelock. Larry Parr talks with Lovelock writer Stuart Hoar, with excerpts from the short fillm.

Jack Lovelock was the first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal. This film is a dramatised reenactment of his record-breaking 1500 metre race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the build up to it. It examines Lovelock’s unique determination, his relationship with his trainer, and ultimately his death in New York in 1949. It is here in fact that the story begins - Lovelock is standing on a Brooklyn subway platform with the commentary of his historic race ringing in his ears. He steps over the white line and hears the approaching train...