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Jul 30, 2016 - 12:59 AM
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I love Thunderdome, it's my fav Mad Max movie, and I've been a fan of Australian cinema ever since I first saw it at age eleven or twelve. George Miller's been a great ambassador for the craft, letting others take over the directing role when it was right- Chris Noonan directing Babe for example, although Miller's own direction in the sequel Babe: Pig in the City is superb, one of the most visually fluid films you'll see. I've never looked into Ogilvie's contributions specifically, but I love the details of the children's isolated culture in Thunderdome, and how far removed it is from Bartertown. It's where a lot of the traditional Mad Max fans lose interest but give me that stuff anyday over repeating the action of the first half all over again. He does have quite a few tv movie credits on imdb, but none I've seen.
Another Australian director has been my current fav for some years now - Andrew Dominik, who made Chopper, and the incredible Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Also there's a director named Rowan Woods (an assistant director on Chopper) whose first film The Boys, from 1998, is a top five of all time for me, it's outstandingly good, and hard-hitting, and got largely overlooked at the time because its characters are not sympathetic.
Australia has a very healthy film industry IMO, it manages to maintain a consistent balance between entertainment, originality, and social commentary.
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