Even Waititi’s government-funded anti-drug-driving campaign, Tinnyvision – made in collaboration with Snapchat in 2014 – has the same warm, sly humour of his features.Īnd yet, after 41 years’ experience of being “Taika-esque” himself, he still struggles to describe it. And it’s almost the antithesis of Hunt for the Wilderpeople: the family friendly little-Kiwi-film-that-could, which was a surprise hit at box offices around the world last year.īut while the types of projects may differ wildly, his treatment of them – the bit that makes them “Taika-esque” – doesn’t. The big-budget Thor is a far cry from the Flight of the Conchords, of which Waititi wrote and directed a few episodes, and from What We Do In The Shadows, the 2014 vampire mockumentary he made with Jemaine Clement. Thor: Ragnarok will be watched by many more people who are familiar with the franchise than those who know Waititi’s work – but this may be the film that makes the New Zealand director a household name. As far as whetting the appetites of Marvel fanatics goes, it’s a little counterproductive.
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