Smash Palace (Blu-ray) he who walks a half-hour archival documentary on

a half-hour archival documentary on the film's production

Release Date: 07/21/15

witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment

Capitalising on the relaxation of censorship laws

After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of 'V-cinema' in Japan

Smash Palace (Blu-ray) he who walks a half-hour archival documentary onPremiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Smash Palace was Roger Donaldson's second feature following the success of Sleeping Dogs, a film which had heralded the arrival of the New Zealand New Wave. Smash Palace concerns itself with the marriage of former racing driver Al (Bruno Lawrence, The Quiet Earth) and French born Jacqui (Anna Jemison, Nomads). The pair had met when she nursed him back to health following a career ending injury. They