Murder on the Blade?
Reviews:
Since no viewing copies had been sent out to the media there was little published reviewing of the film. However, for the Christchurch Press, Jane Bowron wrote
‘...Murder on the Blade?, last week’s riveting documentary
about the Scott Watson trial....
Miraculously, the first half hour of Murder on the Blade? ran
without an ad break, and I was somewhat stunned to see big-name New
Zealand actors such as Ian Mune, Michael Hurst, and Paul Gittins appear
to do suitably understated performances for the courtroom re-enactments. All
the stops seemed to have been pulled out for this TV One “point-of-view” documentary,
as it was described by producer Keith Hunter. Because
of the fear of legal injunction - the documentary screened in a controversial
week for the notorious case — Murder on the Blade? was
relatively soft-sold in the promos, and TV reviewers were not
furnished with requested preview tapes.. It might have had the unique
status of being backward about coming forward, but it rated brilliantly,
and will hopefully get a rerun, pronto.’
The Press 15/11/03
New Zealand Screen Awards review 2005“…industry icon Keith Hunter’s look at the famous Scott Watson murder case titled ‘Murder on the Blade?’ earned the long-standing producer/director the Best Documentary title…”
