First Features: Roger Donaldson on 'Sleeping Dogs'

'Sleeping Dogs, the hit 1977 film starring Sam Neill, was the first foray into feature filmmaking for director Roger Donaldson ('Cocktail', 'The Bounty', 'Dante's Peak'). The following interview is the inaugural in a series to be published in Metro, in which accomplished Australian and New Zealand directors share the triumphs and challenges of that colossal leap into features. From his LA office, on the eve of a two-week Mexican four-wheel-drive adventure, Donaldson recollects blazing a trail for the future of New Zealand cinema.'