Mad MAX origin story event

Saturday September 28th 6:00pm
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Screening with Violence In The Cinema Part 1

Directed by George Miller

Synopsis:

In a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man's most precious resource -- oil -- has been depleted and the world plunged into war, famine and financial chaos, the last vestiges of the law in Australia attempt to restrain a vicious biker gang. Max (Mel Gibson), an officer with the Main Force Patrol, launches a personal vendetta against the gang when his wife (Joanne Samuel) and son are hunted down and murdered, leaving him with nothing but the instincts for survival and retribution.

Notes:

Bondiwood is pleased to host this unique event. This session uncovers the previously untold story that is the creation of Max. We’re going to run two movies during the session. The first is a short film made by George Miller and Byron Kennedy when they were young underground filmmakers in the early 1970s. VIOLENCE IN THE CINEMA Pt 1 is a mockumentary analysing the psychological effect of on screen violence on the viewer. By the careful construction of camera angle and editing the filmmakers have ingeniously reproduced, raw and confronting violence. It’s a cleverly made look at the effect of on screen violence.

We will then run the second film MAD MAX, the first in the series of what became a world wide phenomenon. Playing the two films one after the other and the development and intrinsic connection between the two films is evident.   Director George Miller will give us his thoughts on the development of the world of Max and how he became an international  sensation.  This is a one off event, not to be missed.

Reviews:

"Stunts themselves would be nothing without a filmmaker behind the camera and George Miller, a doctor and film buff making his first feature, shows he knows what cinema is all about." Variety

"If punk is a sensibility as well as an adjective, Mad Max is a punk movie.  Its Australian setting enhances it, authenticating its futuristic aura". Boston Globe

"Staging the improbable car stunts and crashes to perfection, director George Miller succeeds completely in bringing the violent, post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max to visceral life."

"This edge-of-the-seat revenge movie marks the most exciting debut from an Australian director since Peter Weir"

Trailer:

  • 1979
  • 88 mins
  • M 15+

Director:

George Miller

Cast:

Mel Gibson
Tim Burns

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