What is the quintessential tiki movie? - General Tiki

C creativenative Tiki Socialite Drifting on my outrigger canoe Joined: Feb 17, 2012 Posts: 353	C creativenative Posted posted on Sun, May 18, 2014 3:27 PM Two great movies, Man from T.I.K.I., also great user name by the way. Maori were prolific carvers and I still am amazed how the movie (GREEN DOLPHIN STREET) assembled all this decent Maori art work for a movie filmed in SoCal. Probably trashed everything after filming. Big film that some how got lost in the scuffle. Good that it finally has a DVD release, highly recommended. The movie HONOLULU has some of the best "Hollywood" hulas, also filmed in SoCal. A good sign of where a South Seas movie was filmed is to check out the ground. Smooth, level & shinny = sound stage :). One of my favorite tiki images is from another Eleanor Powell hula film that was set, not in Hawaii, but on the continent. Here in the film SHIP AHOY, a GIANT imposing Ku tiki idol dominates the shot with the Tommy Dorsey band (also w/a great Buddy Rich drum solo). My favorite rendition of “Hawaiian War Chant”. Oh I wish I could post video clips, but here's a couple screen shots. Tiki Movies & Tiki TV @ southseascinema.org [ Edited by: creativenative 2014-05-20 02:00 ]

Two great movies, Man from T.I.K.I., also great user name by the way. Maori were prolific carvers and I still am amazed how the movie (GREEN DOLPHIN STREET) assembled all this decent Maori art work for a movie filmed in SoCal. Probably trashed everything after filming. Big film that some how got lost in the scuffle. Good that it finally has a DVD release, highly recommended.

The movie HONOLULU has some of the best "Hollywood" hulas, also filmed in SoCal. A good sign of where a South Seas movie was filmed is to check out the ground. Smooth, level & shinny = sound stage :).

One of my favorite tiki images is from another Eleanor Powell hula film that was set, not in Hawaii, but on the continent. Here in the film SHIP AHOY, a GIANT imposing Ku tiki idol dominates the shot with the Tommy Dorsey band (also w/a great Buddy Rich drum solo). My favorite rendition of “Hawaiian War Chant”. Oh I wish I could post video clips, but here's a couple screen shots.

Tiki Movies & Tiki TV @ southseascinema.org

[ Edited by: creativenative 2014-05-20 02:00 ]

Post #717400 by creativenative on Sun, May 18, 2014 3:27 PM