Bernadette (Geraldine Brophy) with her mother Mairie (Kate Harcourt) - a story is laid to rest....

Actor Geraldine Brophy's speech made at the world premiere of Hook, Line & Sinker at the Embassy Theatre on 2 May, 2011

"Film - anyone can do it. The technical means to make film is more and more readily available and the number of people confident in their ability
to make a film becomes more and more prevalent. Sustainablitiy is what we want, certainly the sustainability of local filmmaking. No one would
disagree, and if we reduce the ‘special nature' by which we mean cost of filmmaking, we would have a much better chance of acheiving this. But
we also know that the ‘special nature' of making a film means more than money. The special nature of all ‘story art', is the creative force and its
drive for expression. This is a more potent and enduring motivation than money, fame or power. The creative force fuels the filmmaker. This is in
essence, a glorious array of individuals - who sometimes make a family, who sometimes make magic under seemingly impossible circumstances
in order to tell a story. When the urge is loose and running through the veins, you are caught, hook, line and sinker."

"When Andrea Bosshard invited me to join this particular special family, she mentioned the usual things that always precede an offer to ‘come on
board' with a New Zealand film in my experience... low-budget, love budget and no budget. Loosely translated, this means bring your own costume
and there's half a ham roll and a banana for lunch. However she intrigued me with her sustainable film philosophy and her promise of a work
experience like no other. I would, along with the rest of the cast, have no knowledge of the story, no name and no character to begin with. I would
have a sister, the lovely Carmel Mclone, an occupation and a residence (which conveniently belonged to another cast member). But most importantly,
she used the magic words... rehearsal and development; five weeks where the cast would work with Andrea and Shane to develop the scenes piece
by piece, during which scenarios were fed to us. The actors would be part of the shape of the film from the outset. They would contribute in a
considered way to the people and the relationships they would go on to create and in so doing, lay a firm ground for performances within a finished
script. It was a very special experience and the best thing I could say about it... is that I would do it again in a breath."

"Film is a technical device for seeing more than meets the eye. Hook, Line and Sinker is this - three-fold. The story of a man whose sight is suddenly
compromised, a young woman who wishes to document her world as she prepares to leave it and follow her passion for photography, and an ordinary
family forced by extraordinary circumstances to examine their closest relationships and ultimately themselves."

"Film - nothing special. As Samuel Goldwyn said - film is more than magnificent... it is mediocre! Average! Ordinary! Half way up the mountain where
most of us live, waiting for a story that will keep us climbing. Hook, Line and Sinker is such a story. Thank-you, Andrea and Shane, and all connected
with this film - may your hook always be cast in a stream where you least expect there to be a fish, may the lines of your life story always tremble
with joy, and may you sink only to your knees in order to rise with much honour."