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       By: Sylwia Date: January 15, 2018, 9:56 am
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       FLUX Hawaii: A Candid Conversation with Taika Waititi - November
       17, 2017:
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       A Candid Conversation with Taika Waititi
       November 17, 2017 Matthew Dekneef
       The "Thor" director on making films (big or small) with humor
       and an indigenous lens.
       In a suite at the Halekulani Hotel, Taika Waititi kicks off his
       slippers. It’s a gesture of well deserved respite. For the
       past two years the Maori director has been immersed in the
       far-flung and multiplex universe of Asgard, the setting of
       Marvel’s darling superhero picture, Thor: Ragnarok; just
       this weekend, the blockbuster has already lassoed more than $170
       million at the domestic box office.
       This mark of success can be linked back to Waititi’s
       lighthearted grip on the franchise, a send-up of the big-budget
       superhero genre itself. Instead of taking itself as seriously as
       its predecessors (not Waititi’s style), Chris
       Hemsworth’s Thor this time around spends more time on his
       witty banter than biceps. Clever jokes ping-pong between its
       diverse cast characters with a speed and agility that rival the
       laser beams that go whizzing by spaceships in Ragnarok‘s
       chase scenes, which goes to show even its dialogue, something
       often deemed immaterial to the onslaught of expensive superhero
       flicks overshadowed by CGI and rapid-fire editing, feels
       action-packed.
       While in Honolulu for the Hawaii International Film Festival,
       where Waititi was presented with the HIFF Pacific Islanders in
       Communications Trailblazer Award, FLUX Hawaii caught up with the
       director on creating the most memorable Marvel makeover in
       recent memory, how the film industry is changing for indigenous
       creatives everywhere, and his next bold move.
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