My favourite thing about the Avatar movies is how a certain Aotearoa New Zealand-iness positively shines through the screen. It makes sense, considering they were shot here, and are overseen by New Zealand resident James Cameron.
But I wanted to know how intentional that New Zealand-iness is, and perhaps examine the degree to which I may have been projecting this hopeful interpretation on to these gargantuan movies. So when I recently go the chance to sit down with Cameron, my childhood hero, I began by asking him how living in New Zealand has affected his approach to the films, and indeed their content.
