1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:52,510 - We made the first film, Mad Max, 4 00:00:52,511 --> 00:00:54,971 it was a low budget Australian film 5 00:00:54,972 --> 00:00:57,807 which seemed to resonate somehow 6 00:00:57,808 --> 00:01:00,644 with every film going territory in the world. 7 00:01:04,106 --> 00:01:07,066 The obvious answer was that it was full of car action 8 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,652 and it was violent. 9 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,700 But it seemed to have something else there. 10 00:01:15,951 --> 00:01:17,702 When I went to Japan, people would say, 11 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:19,495 oh, it's just like the samurai movies. 12 00:01:19,496 --> 00:01:22,331 And then you'd go to France and they'd say, 13 00:01:22,332 --> 00:01:24,501 it's very much like the spaghetti westerns. 14 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:31,716 They're stories that recur, we call them myths, 15 00:01:31,717 --> 00:01:35,053 they recur in every time and in every culture. 16 00:01:37,597 --> 00:01:40,267 That's why we recognise these stories almost anywhere. 17 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:47,648 It allows us to have experiences and to share them 18 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:50,484 with all people who have gone before 19 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:52,487 and those that may come after. 20 00:01:56,199 --> 00:01:59,618 - All right, thanks everybody for being a part of this. 21 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:03,331 It's been a really interesting exercise putting it together 22 00:02:03,332 --> 00:02:06,459 so I hope you get a real big kick out of it. 23 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:10,921 Now, if you have a look at your sheets, 24 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:15,718 primarily you're going from can to can to can. 25 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:17,971 They are your markers. 26 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:22,850 That's what you're looking for when you go to each location. 27 00:02:22,851 --> 00:02:24,810 - I'll sit on somebody's lap, it's all right. 28 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:29,148 You can use any means to work out the quiz questions. 29 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,692 So you can get on your mobile phones, 30 00:02:31,693 --> 00:02:34,028 you can pop the movie in and check the film 31 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:36,072 if you have the facility to do that. 32 00:02:36,073 --> 00:02:38,824 - We got it. - All right, next clue. 33 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:40,035 - I love winning. 34 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:43,204 - Just behave yourselves. 35 00:02:43,205 --> 00:02:45,290 We're not actual Road Warriors. 36 00:02:49,086 --> 00:02:51,379 - No one was ready for a film like Mad Max. 37 00:02:51,380 --> 00:02:53,589 - It felt new and exciting. 38 00:02:55,717 --> 00:02:57,426 You couldn't help but talk about it. 39 00:02:57,427 --> 00:02:59,220 - Does anybody have any questions? 40 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:01,639 - What no speeding? 41 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,890 - No speeding. 42 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:06,644 - It started out as a small, very low budget film, 43 00:03:06,645 --> 00:03:10,773 very limited expectations that turned out to be huge. 44 00:03:10,774 --> 00:03:12,858 A big enough film to create a sequel. 45 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,610 - Mad Max is back in town 46 00:03:14,611 --> 00:03:16,737 and tackling Hollywood head-on. 47 00:03:16,738 --> 00:03:18,406 - Which then became a phenomenon. 48 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:20,491 - Opening night at cinemas across the nation 49 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:21,451 was a sell out. 50 00:03:21,452 --> 00:03:23,202 - Now 30 years later, 51 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:24,995 a fourth film is on the way. 52 00:03:24,996 --> 00:03:26,956 - Those two words, Mad Max, 53 00:03:26,957 --> 00:03:31,377 they're like the McDonald's or Star Trek or Star Wars. 54 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:33,546 You might not like Mad Max, but by God, 55 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:35,756 you know what's being talked about. 56 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:39,218 - Donald Trump was describing some Mad Max America. 57 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:40,678 - The world of Mad Max 58 00:03:40,679 --> 00:03:43,139 might not be as far away as we think. 59 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:45,850 - Film can tell us a lot about who we are and where we live 60 00:03:45,851 --> 00:03:47,560 and how we feel about things. 61 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:50,438 - Britain plunged into a Mad Max style world. 62 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:54,483 - Mad Max is so dystopian and so unpleasant that, yeah, 63 00:03:54,484 --> 00:03:57,653 it's not the most obvious film to want to emulate. 64 00:04:25,015 --> 00:04:26,015 - Saturday. 65 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:34,273 You can film the syringe, it's even worse. 66 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:37,527 So every morning a little . 67 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:41,114 It's not pleasant. 68 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:55,044 We'll start looking like a Frenchman, here we go. 69 00:04:55,045 --> 00:04:57,087 Bonjour, I am Bertrand Cadart, 70 00:04:57,088 --> 00:04:59,632 liberal candidate for the Seat of Lyons. 71 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:02,968 You may know me as the scooter riding French mayor 72 00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:04,136 from the east coast 73 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:07,139 who appeared in the film Mad Max. 74 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:10,184 And this is my frog bathroom. 75 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:15,105 My frog shower mat, my frog shower curtain. 76 00:05:15,106 --> 00:05:17,608 My frog bath bubbly stuff. 77 00:05:17,609 --> 00:05:21,278 I lived on the east coast of Tasmania for 15 years. 78 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,364 I've been the mayor for seven years. 79 00:05:23,365 --> 00:05:27,243 - You've been in Australia for about 40 years, I believe. 80 00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:29,745 Is that seriously your best Aussie accent? 81 00:05:32,457 --> 00:05:33,959 - Yeah, yeah, ha ha. 82 00:05:37,796 --> 00:05:38,796 Right. 83 00:05:46,638 --> 00:05:49,598 I don't think I will be able to ride anymore. 84 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,433 At least my doctor doesn't think so 85 00:05:51,434 --> 00:05:55,271 and I am advised not to ride because if I do crash, 86 00:05:55,272 --> 00:05:59,483 what is the normal gravel rash for a healthy person 87 00:05:59,484 --> 00:06:01,611 would become a death trap for me. 88 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:08,326 The doctor, he said, it will take six months of chemo 89 00:06:09,661 --> 00:06:12,788 to know if I can save your life. 90 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:15,875 Now, my leave was denied. 91 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:20,755 It is why I have no choice but to resign. 92 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:23,382 Thank you. 93 00:06:33,852 --> 00:06:35,478 I'm 70 years of age. 94 00:06:37,606 --> 00:06:39,024 I have terminal cancer. 95 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:43,028 Incurable, I know it. 96 00:06:46,323 --> 00:06:49,116 I know I'm going to fight as best as I can. 97 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:53,829 I have a plan to last until at least January, 2019, 98 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:58,376 because there is a 40th anniversary of the Mad Max shoot. 99 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:01,921 And we have a big gathering in Clunes. 100 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:06,301 Here we go, that's it. 101 00:07:07,719 --> 00:07:10,471 My doctor has allowed me to do it, 102 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:13,682 he even reckon it's probably good for me to fight my cancer. 103 00:07:13,683 --> 00:07:18,437 He said that will motivate you to live and to survive, 104 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,148 as long as you want to live and survive. 105 00:07:21,149 --> 00:07:22,400 And so far I do. 106 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:26,779 When the reunion started to be organised 107 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:28,782 I wanted to be there, and I went. 108 00:07:29,741 --> 00:07:32,826 - Mad Max, the movie that catapulted Mel Gibson to fame, 109 00:07:32,827 --> 00:07:36,163 is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend. 110 00:07:36,164 --> 00:07:38,540 - And I went to one of the very first ones, 111 00:07:38,541 --> 00:07:39,793 I think in Little River. 112 00:07:42,087 --> 00:07:44,713 At the time it was not very popular 113 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:47,967 and I was one of the only actors there. 114 00:07:50,261 --> 00:07:54,723 This film shot on a shoe string has developed a cult. 115 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:58,060 In Italy, in Germany and in Japan, 116 00:07:58,061 --> 00:07:59,979 in America, I mean everywhere. 117 00:08:01,022 --> 00:08:05,192 This is like a tribe, a sort of a world tribe. 118 00:08:05,193 --> 00:08:08,237 All those people are extraordinary people. 119 00:08:08,238 --> 00:08:11,240 They are all incredibly interesting. 120 00:08:11,241 --> 00:08:12,241 Oh God. 121 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:35,681 - When I started All American Pool Service, 122 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:39,685 I dreamt of working that job until I was ready to retire 123 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:42,397 and then selling the company and retiring off of that. 124 00:08:44,816 --> 00:08:47,901 I soon learned that that wasn't particularly realistic, 125 00:08:47,902 --> 00:08:50,655 that's not really how it works anymore, unfortunately. 126 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:56,326 So I dissolved that, got rid of that stress out of my life. 127 00:08:56,327 --> 00:08:58,246 And Jeff offered me a job here. 128 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:04,586 - He was very forthcoming with what he did 129 00:09:05,295 --> 00:09:07,880 and if I did something like that 130 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,465 I probably wouldn't tell anybody. 131 00:09:09,466 --> 00:09:10,758 And I don't. 132 00:09:19,350 --> 00:09:21,852 - You have defied me. 133 00:09:21,853 --> 00:09:26,858 You will know the vengeance of the Lord Humungus. 134 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:30,110 - He was totally comfortable with it and it's like, 135 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:32,488 yeah, he's having fun and good for him. 136 00:09:32,489 --> 00:09:35,533 - Nobody gets out of here alive! 137 00:09:36,701 --> 00:09:39,411 - I watched them all and he loves them, 138 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:42,790 that's all I can say is, you know, he loves them, 139 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:45,667 he was first doing the Mad Max character. 140 00:09:45,668 --> 00:09:47,920 - I thought he was good looking enough, you know, 141 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:51,507 to be a lot better character than he picked, 142 00:09:51,508 --> 00:09:55,094 but he thought Lord Humungus was neat. 143 00:09:57,764 --> 00:10:00,516 - When we first got the house it came with a pool, 144 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:03,101 which I really didn't want, but it was there. 145 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:04,353 And I come out the door 146 00:10:04,354 --> 00:10:06,730 and my wife's standing out there with three guys 147 00:10:06,731 --> 00:10:09,399 and there's this hulking mass of a human. 148 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,528 He's like, here, here, I'm gonna give these to you, 149 00:10:12,529 --> 00:10:14,863 these are something I think you'll enjoy. 150 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:18,200 And I'm looking, I'm like, who's Lord Humungus, right? 151 00:10:18,201 --> 00:10:19,618 And I'm like, this you? 152 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:20,537 He's like, yeah. 153 00:10:20,538 --> 00:10:21,912 I'm like, holy crap, right. 154 00:10:21,913 --> 00:10:26,333 - About 1981 my dad bought me an issue of Starlog Magazine. 155 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:28,085 I don't think I ever read the article, 156 00:10:28,086 --> 00:10:30,754 but I certainly looked at the pictures. 157 00:10:30,755 --> 00:10:34,132 Immediately, this was it, this was all I wanted, 158 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:35,759 this was all I watched. 159 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,553 - He was in his room a lot. 160 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:40,055 - You could turn the volume off 161 00:10:40,056 --> 00:10:44,268 and he could tell you every line in that movie. 162 00:10:44,269 --> 00:10:46,270 He had it all memorised. 163 00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:48,690 - I was a Road Warrior in my mind. 164 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:54,278 When I was like 15 years old I was so deeply into Mad Max, 165 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:56,321 that that was the world I wanted to live in. 166 00:10:56,322 --> 00:11:00,284 The cars that I wanted to drive, the way I wanted to dress. 167 00:11:00,285 --> 00:11:01,785 And you know, once I got out of high school 168 00:11:01,786 --> 00:11:03,120 and got into the punk rock scene, 169 00:11:03,121 --> 00:11:05,372 I did kind of dress that way a little bit. 170 00:11:05,373 --> 00:11:07,666 - He just was crazy about the Misfits 171 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:10,961 when he was 14, 15 years old. 172 00:11:10,962 --> 00:11:12,170 He had the guitar 173 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:15,632 and he would go out in the garage and sing and play. 174 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:17,218 And all the neighbours loved it. 175 00:11:18,303 --> 00:11:19,596 I'm joking. 176 00:11:20,847 --> 00:11:22,389 The Misfits offered him the job 177 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:24,182 to sell merchandise on the road 178 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:27,186 and then it went from merchandise to the road manager. 179 00:11:28,146 --> 00:11:31,899 He had a ball, he got to see the whole world effectively, 180 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:33,818 from Alaska to Moscow. 181 00:11:36,571 --> 00:11:39,615 Everybody got a nickname on the bus 182 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:44,037 and Jim was a big bodybuilder and they just called him Tank. 183 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:47,831 So he's Jim "The Tank" Dorsey. 184 00:11:47,832 --> 00:11:51,753 - This is how the Humungus rolls. 185 00:11:53,463 --> 00:11:55,756 Once you get started and you start to see 186 00:11:55,757 --> 00:11:58,885 and you start to feel some results, it's very addictive. 187 00:12:00,386 --> 00:12:02,387 You know, once the shoulders start coming in 188 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:04,514 and the triceps pop a little bit 189 00:12:04,515 --> 00:12:06,642 and then you crank the bicep up and you're just like, oh. 190 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:09,811 You know, the waist is coming in tighter. 191 00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:11,188 That's the inspiration right there, 192 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:12,564 that's where the obsession comes from 193 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:15,109 because it's like, oh, I like that, I want more. 194 00:12:17,278 --> 00:12:18,487 - Sensei. 195 00:12:18,488 --> 00:12:20,155 - Yes, sir. 196 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:25,161 Jim came in here, oh, good lord, probably eight years ago. 197 00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:28,747 He's black belt, as you can see, 198 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,208 and doing quite a good job. 199 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,168 I do remember the first thing I said to him 200 00:12:33,169 --> 00:12:35,796 when he came in here, first time he trained was, 201 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:37,673 Tank, you gotta get rid of the muscles, 202 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:39,257 they're just in your way. 203 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:41,219 But he didn't and he's doing fine. 204 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:47,766 When he's on the floor, he's very physical 205 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:49,518 and you know that if you can defend yourself 206 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:52,062 against somebody that's that big and that strong 207 00:12:52,063 --> 00:12:53,690 then you're doing something right. 208 00:12:56,192 --> 00:12:57,818 When I talk about my karate school, 209 00:12:57,819 --> 00:13:00,946 I show 'em a picture of Tank with his massive muscles, 210 00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:04,366 with some small person on the ground and they go, oh my God. 211 00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:06,786 But yeah, Tank is a lot of fun. 212 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:17,421 - Too much is never enough. 213 00:13:17,422 --> 00:13:19,840 I always have that feeling like there's more, 214 00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:22,634 there's more that I can do, there's more that I can be. 215 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:24,136 Yeah, I could put the Humungus costume on 216 00:13:24,137 --> 00:13:25,512 and throw the mask on, 217 00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:29,141 but if I'm not in shape, you're not going to believe it. 218 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:32,269 - Your waist. - Yeah, yeah, right here. 219 00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:33,771 Where the fat bit is. 220 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,691 The idea is not to do an exact replica, 221 00:13:37,692 --> 00:13:40,527 but to do a, so people, the fan 222 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:45,824 who are die hard Mad Max fans, they will recognise Clunk. 223 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:48,076 I'm going to get another set of boots, 224 00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:50,120 hopefully the same type. 225 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:54,750 And the red bit here, 226 00:13:54,751 --> 00:13:58,629 because all this is what people remember. 227 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:04,134 My role in Mad Max was very small, 228 00:14:04,135 --> 00:14:07,929 being one of the Toecutter gang members. 229 00:14:07,930 --> 00:14:10,724 Now we all say the same thing, 230 00:14:10,725 --> 00:14:14,978 I never thought that 40 years later I would be remembered, 231 00:14:14,979 --> 00:14:16,730 let alone talked about. 232 00:14:16,731 --> 00:14:17,815 Look at that. 233 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,818 Good for them, you know, like good for them. 234 00:14:21,819 --> 00:14:24,614 As he said, it beats cleaning swimming pools. 235 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,449 - The first time I went over to his house 236 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:30,952 is kind of when I really started to appreciate his passion 237 00:14:30,953 --> 00:14:32,079 when I saw his costumes 238 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,122 and just the stuff that was in there. 239 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:37,167 - Well, my wall of fame, if I had to venture to guess, 240 00:14:37,168 --> 00:14:41,129 probably started about four years ago, maybe 2015. 241 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:45,425 The first guy I ever met was Garret Graham who played Beef 242 00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:48,637 in Phantom of the Paradise. 243 00:14:48,638 --> 00:14:50,222 Each one of these was really cool 244 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,516 to get the reaction from each actor 245 00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:54,560 who played the characters that I cosplay. 246 00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:57,437 But number one and the one 247 00:14:57,438 --> 00:15:00,440 that I was the most nervous going in 248 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:03,194 was meeting Kjell Nilsson, the original Lord Humungus. 249 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:07,280 I was nervous about how he was going to take 250 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:08,323 my portrayal of the character, 251 00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:10,242 whether he thought I did a good job of it. 252 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:14,121 'Cause this is, this is a world-class athlete bodybuilder 253 00:15:14,122 --> 00:15:18,542 in his prime where this is just some middle-aged fan boy 254 00:15:18,543 --> 00:15:21,211 trying to recreate something he sees on a screen. 255 00:15:21,212 --> 00:15:23,296 I didn't want him to think 256 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:24,589 that I was trying to steal his thunder 257 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,216 or take over, replace him or anything like that, 258 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:28,260 I just wanted them to feel 259 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:32,222 that I did his character justice and he did, 260 00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:33,807 he was proud of me. 261 00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:37,602 He said, you are the next generation of this evil character. 262 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,021 And that really meant a lot. 263 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:41,356 How is it? 264 00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:42,357 Chocolatey? - Good. 265 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:45,945 - Can you ever eat more than one? 266 00:15:47,029 --> 00:15:47,905 - No. - Probably not. 267 00:15:47,906 --> 00:15:50,615 - Probably not, well daddy makes some pretty thick pancakes. 268 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:54,995 I've often wondered if other dads, you know, my age, 269 00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:57,080 mid forties, think of what I do 270 00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:59,249 as being like immature or childish, 271 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,667 because it doesn't seem like something 272 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,210 a normal adult would do, 273 00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:04,005 is make these costumes and dress up. 274 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:06,549 - Viola! 275 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,760 - Look at that. 276 00:16:10,845 --> 00:16:13,555 That's magnifique, magnifique. 277 00:16:13,556 --> 00:16:16,183 And you managed even to do the red bit. 278 00:16:16,184 --> 00:16:18,602 - Well, we were saying the plastic would be too hard 279 00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:19,853 for the driving and everything. 280 00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:22,564 - Yeah, yeah, no, no, this is fine. 281 00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:25,984 I am impressed. 282 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:28,070 - All right, let's try it on. - Yeah! 283 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:55,555 I know at my age and in my condition, 284 00:16:55,556 --> 00:16:59,309 I will never, ever in my life, what's left of it, 285 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:03,189 I have an opportunity to have another trip like this. 286 00:17:23,125 --> 00:17:25,043 - I've always been a daydreamer. 287 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:29,965 I've always wanted to live in another time or another place 288 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:31,175 being another character. 289 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:35,596 Getting the opportunity to be a different person. 290 00:17:39,642 --> 00:17:41,768 But for so many years, decades, 291 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:45,564 I thought I was the only person who was into Mad Max. 292 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:44,790 - I thought it would be much smaller, but I don't know, 293 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:48,878 it's like I have nothing else to do. 294 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:54,007 I never worked a regular job in my entire life, 295 00:18:54,008 --> 00:18:56,760 I just do illustrations or stuff like that 296 00:18:56,761 --> 00:19:00,431 and sometimes I can earn money from the things I'm doing. 297 00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:05,727 My Mad Max stuff cost me everything. 298 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:08,521 All my time and all the money I can make. 299 00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:12,567 - He's just speaking about Mad Max every time 300 00:19:12,568 --> 00:19:14,904 that I think, this is the Mad Melvin. 301 00:19:16,906 --> 00:19:20,033 - I started to collect stuff about Mad Max when I was a kid, 302 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:23,745 after I saw the movie the first time. 303 00:19:23,746 --> 00:19:27,957 10 years ago I had like a handful of stuff 304 00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:29,667 and I thought that it was enough 305 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:33,421 to start to work on a small book. 306 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:35,757 But 10 years after my collection 307 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:38,760 went a little bit out of control. 308 00:19:38,761 --> 00:19:43,890 I began to pick articles, magazines, records, 309 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:48,396 and every material I could find that was Mad Max related. 310 00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:54,567 My idea is to collect every original item. 311 00:19:54,568 --> 00:19:58,488 I have books and papers, and pictures, 312 00:19:58,489 --> 00:20:01,199 press pictures and stuff like this. 313 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,536 I have a ton. 314 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:07,205 - Well, this is my Mad Max collection, 315 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,666 at least for the first movie. 316 00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:11,584 I don't know what possesses me 317 00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:14,129 to pick out a particular item that I look for on eBay. 318 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:16,881 I guess those were the things that I just 319 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:21,010 thought I could find and sure enough I tracked them down. 320 00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:24,139 Alpine Stars high point motocross boots are not cheap, 321 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:25,015 especially to find them 322 00:20:25,016 --> 00:20:27,058 with the proper heavy lug on the, on the sole. 323 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,476 - It never occurred to me 324 00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:30,771 that somebody would go to all the trouble 325 00:20:31,772 --> 00:20:35,650 to acquire some of the props that were used 326 00:20:35,651 --> 00:20:39,320 or to build their own props. 327 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:41,239 - The first thing that I remember that he showed me 328 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:46,244 was he made the dog food, the food that Mad Max ate, 329 00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:49,164 and then he replicated the labels 330 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:53,543 on a can of hash or something and he was so proud of that. 331 00:20:53,544 --> 00:20:56,963 - Those are the most accurate ones ever made. 332 00:20:56,964 --> 00:21:00,049 When I first got a copy of the Blu-ray of Road Warrior 333 00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:03,428 I took it to my friend Tim's house with a 95 inch screen 334 00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:07,015 and I took that scene frame by frame and dissected it. 335 00:21:07,016 --> 00:21:08,725 And that was when I found out 336 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:11,978 that the circle that says 800 grams in it 337 00:21:11,979 --> 00:21:13,688 is actually a starburst. 338 00:21:13,689 --> 00:21:15,315 - And he goes, I want you to know, 339 00:21:15,316 --> 00:21:17,358 everything in this room is screen accurate. 340 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,195 I'm like, I realize, okay, I'm gonna screw with him now. 341 00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:22,113 So I'm looking at 'em like, well, 342 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:23,615 you know, I'm sorry to disagree with you, 343 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:25,909 I'm gonna call a little bullshit on this one, but this, 344 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:28,703 I distinctly remember the slight scratch near the, 345 00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:30,580 you know, like the trigger here. 346 00:21:30,581 --> 00:21:32,999 And he like leaps up out of his desk 347 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,084 and he's like, whoa, wait a minute, wait. 348 00:21:35,085 --> 00:21:35,961 And he's like looking at it and he's like picking it up. 349 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:37,462 He's like, no, no, I'm pretty sure that's right. 350 00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:39,380 I'm like, dude, I don't know. 351 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,633 And he's ready to like pop the DVD in. 352 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:45,720 - It's hard work finding the actual screen accurate 353 00:21:45,721 --> 00:21:49,724 baseball face masks or the five draw telescope 354 00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:51,643 as opposed to the standard four draw. 355 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:52,852 - Dude, I don't even know 356 00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:54,354 what the hell half this shit is, okay. 357 00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:57,566 - Anybody who's into it knows you nailed it. 358 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:04,614 - I spent 10 years in underwear behind my computer 359 00:22:04,615 --> 00:22:06,866 searching for items on eBay, 360 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:12,038 searching for articles, searching for magazines. 361 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:14,124 - When he's working on something 362 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:18,586 he's working on it really hard 363 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:22,423 and speaking about it every time. 364 00:22:22,424 --> 00:22:27,470 - In my Mad Max folder it's around 15,000 pictures, 365 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:31,808 scans of articles. 366 00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:33,851 Mostly scans of articles. 367 00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:38,606 The biggest task was to read them all and it took me years. 368 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:40,484 Actually really years. 369 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:47,866 I think the Holy Grail for me is a Mad Max 1 script. 370 00:22:48,993 --> 00:22:53,289 And I got it from Bertrand Cadart. 371 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:02,171 - Have you heard of Mad Max before? 372 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:03,631 Yeah? 373 00:23:03,632 --> 00:23:05,133 Don't tell me you watched it. 374 00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:06,509 - Yeah, I have. 375 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:09,262 You're too bloody young! 376 00:23:09,263 --> 00:23:10,763 What about you, young man? 377 00:23:10,764 --> 00:23:13,308 You should not, you're only 14, 378 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:16,769 when it was released you had to be 16 to see it. 379 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:21,400 Let alone this little bloke. 380 00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:26,279 - I was just about to turn 14 and this movie came out 381 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,575 and it's rated over 18 in France so I thought, 382 00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:31,827 well, I've got to see this. 383 00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:34,871 We just snuck in to the movie theatre 384 00:23:34,872 --> 00:23:36,873 so we didn't get caught 385 00:23:36,874 --> 00:23:40,252 and I remember being petrified watching the scenes. 386 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:45,840 We talked about it at school and, 387 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:47,592 mates would say, oh, you see that movie? 388 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:49,636 It's filmed in Australia. 389 00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:51,387 I thought, wow, Australia. 390 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:54,224 I ended up on the Sunshine Coast because of Mad Max. 391 00:23:56,477 --> 00:24:00,563 When I first met Bertrand he came here as a customer 392 00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:02,440 and I didn't even know who he was, you know, 393 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,901 and then he said, oh, you've seen Mad Max? 394 00:24:04,902 --> 00:24:07,570 And my wife is rolls her eyes, as usual, 395 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:10,031 don't get my husband getting to start about Mad Max 396 00:24:10,032 --> 00:24:12,909 because he'll never stop. 397 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:15,161 And then he told me who we was. 398 00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:18,164 - There is a big bloke that goes on the roof of the car 399 00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:20,250 with a mighty crowbar. 400 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,586 You're looking at the crowbar man. 401 00:24:23,587 --> 00:24:24,837 - You're the crowbar man? 402 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:26,756 - I am the crowbar man. 403 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:29,801 I am the crowbar man. - Bullshit. 404 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:34,807 - I say, you betcha I remember, the crowbar, yeah, wow. 405 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:39,227 I went and watched everything, all the scenes 406 00:24:39,228 --> 00:24:42,647 where I can see him and then all my mates in France, 407 00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:43,482 they're just gonna freak, 408 00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:46,235 it's just like, I'm gonna be a rockstar now, you know. 409 00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:03,459 - With Mad Max people would sit at the end of the screening 410 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:05,837 and just sit and try to recover 411 00:25:05,838 --> 00:25:08,673 from the previous 100 minutes. 412 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:10,925 There were a lot of mild films around 413 00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:13,636 so this Mad Max stood out. 414 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:16,139 We knew we had something that was going to 415 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,224 impact on audiences. 416 00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:20,143 - For me, it was all about the cars, 417 00:25:20,144 --> 00:25:23,438 the Aussie classic muscle cars. 418 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:25,773 And especially the black Interceptor. 419 00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:26,941 Was always a favourite of mine, 420 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:29,277 you can never get sick of it. 421 00:25:29,278 --> 00:25:32,822 - When they went to the drive in 1979, 422 00:25:32,823 --> 00:25:35,617 we see on the screen were cars that they actually owned. 423 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:39,538 Monaros, Falcons, HJ panel vans. 424 00:25:41,999 --> 00:25:46,711 - Everyone has a story about their car or their family car. 425 00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:50,089 And it stays with them, it's something you'd never, 426 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:52,550 well I don't think I'll ever forget 427 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,178 'cause my dad loved his cars. 428 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,930 It had to be a V8 and we all loved it 429 00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:00,975 being revved up after a drink at the pub 430 00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:03,019 and driving home from the tennis club 431 00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:05,606 and whose dad could outdo whose dad with the V8. 432 00:26:09,276 --> 00:26:12,069 - Over 10 years ago I decided to build myself 433 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,364 a Mad Max black on black Interceptor. 434 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:19,619 It took me seven long years to find the parts, 435 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,788 figure out how it all bolts together, 436 00:26:21,789 --> 00:26:26,250 and then finally I put the wheel flares 437 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:28,336 and the nose cone and the roof spoiler on 438 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:32,215 and molded it all in and gave her a shot of high fill 439 00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:33,966 and then chiseled her back to her straight lines 440 00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:38,055 and then hit her with some black and here it is today. 441 00:26:41,975 --> 00:26:44,520 I use it to go down and get my lottery on a Sunday. 442 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,690 It's not something I just want to put away and stare at, 443 00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:52,151 it's something that I want to use and enjoy. 444 00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:53,862 And I do really enjoy it. 445 00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:49,959 - When I first arrived in Australia on a motorcycle 446 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,837 I never thought in a million years 447 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:54,464 that I would live here. 448 00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:59,093 I was bumming around the world on a motorcycle 449 00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:00,970 trying to have a good time. 450 00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:04,141 And waiting for life to give me opportunity. 451 00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:10,730 And I discovered this immensity of land. 452 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:13,734 Roads with no end. 453 00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:18,905 At the time was not many police and a lot less people, 454 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:20,616 it was in the early seventies. 455 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:25,828 You could open the throttle of your motorcycle, 456 00:28:25,829 --> 00:28:29,707 go as fast as bloody thing would go for 200 kilometres 457 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,252 without seeing one single house. 458 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:36,047 That worked for me. 459 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:43,679 I decided to customise Japanese bikes, 460 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,474 which nobody was doing in Australia. 461 00:28:46,475 --> 00:28:49,936 I did that with a couple of French friends 462 00:28:49,937 --> 00:28:51,562 and we had to learn everything. 463 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:54,523 We had to buy a book, how to laminate fiberglass. 464 00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:55,525 We knew nothing. 465 00:28:56,610 --> 00:29:00,821 And no one wanted to buy our stuff, 466 00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:04,283 it was just, come on, you know. 467 00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:09,289 We are real bikers here, we want a crust of a dead fly 468 00:29:10,374 --> 00:29:12,960 on our Belstaff jacket. 469 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:17,713 At the same time, George Miller 470 00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:22,802 was trying to convince people to help him shoot his film. 471 00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:25,096 Nobody believed in George 472 00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:27,182 as much as they didn't believe in me. 473 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:32,269 So I had all those fairings dangling in the shops 474 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:35,064 and when George sort of approached those people to say, 475 00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:37,400 look, I need someone to customise bikes 476 00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:42,113 that we got from Kawasaki to look as futuristic as possible. 477 00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:43,990 One of the dealer said, look, 478 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,993 there is one guy that might be able to help you. 479 00:29:46,994 --> 00:29:48,661 Here is his number. 480 00:29:48,662 --> 00:29:51,080 We made absolutely no money out of it. 481 00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:54,375 The price was probably below cost. 482 00:29:54,376 --> 00:29:57,503 Eventually George one day said to me, 483 00:29:57,504 --> 00:30:01,632 would you like a part in the film? 484 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:05,928 I said to him, but what about my accent, you know? 485 00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:08,348 He said, it's all right, you don't say anything. 486 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:15,104 - This here is my original script. 487 00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:20,443 My wife read this and she was horrified. 488 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:22,361 And I said well, what's so crazy about it? 489 00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:25,031 And because my English was not good enough 490 00:30:25,032 --> 00:30:27,491 to understand what was written, 491 00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:29,785 she said, you have no idea 492 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:31,621 what you're getting yourself into. 493 00:30:33,582 --> 00:30:37,753 I never thought that 40 years later I still would have it. 494 00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:44,760 We are doing these trips for me as a pilgrimage 495 00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:47,554 back to where we shot the film. 496 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,807 It means a lot to me to do this after 40 years. 497 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:27,552 Who is there? 498 00:31:30,263 --> 00:31:31,680 This is Clunk! 499 00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:43,068 Every year in Japan you do Mad Max festival. 500 00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:47,697 - Yes, yes, yes. - Yes? 501 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,243 Look, this is crazy. 502 00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:29,835 - I felt like a pop singer, I felt like the Beatles. 503 00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:32,963 - They were not afraid to show their emotions. 504 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,923 Some of them were almost in tears, 505 00:35:34,924 --> 00:35:36,967 in fact, not almost, in tears. 506 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:40,137 - They were actually falling against me, crying on my chest. 507 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:43,349 Just falling on you, just sobbing, you know. 508 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:46,268 - Saying, I cannot believe you are here. 509 00:35:46,269 --> 00:35:47,561 - You thought, oh my God, you know, 510 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:49,480 for God's sake, get off me! 511 00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:51,900 But inwardly I loved it, you know. 512 00:35:53,276 --> 00:35:54,902 I'll be walking down the street 513 00:35:54,903 --> 00:35:57,863 and all of a sudden I'll hear somebody's voice in my ear. 514 00:35:57,864 --> 00:36:01,992 "You and me, Max, we're gonna give 'em back their heroes." 515 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:05,580 What that hell, people are quoting my lines. 516 00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:09,416 There are fans all around the world. 517 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:13,379 I went on my honeymoon to Sri Lanka, a young waiter come up. 518 00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:15,965 He said, excuse me, sir, what is your good name? 519 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:19,301 I said, my name is Roger Ward. 520 00:36:19,302 --> 00:36:22,888 Oh, very famous name here, sir, very famous name. 521 00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:26,225 I said, I think you're thinking of Roger Moore. 522 00:36:26,226 --> 00:36:28,560 Oh no, no, no, Roger Moore, he was a saint. 523 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:33,273 He was James Bond, no, no, you were Fifi in Mad Max! 524 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:34,274 Oh my God. 525 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,153 You know, you get that all around the world. 526 00:36:38,154 --> 00:36:42,449 Just people identify with that and with you 527 00:36:42,450 --> 00:36:43,742 as if we're all one. 528 00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:46,912 That's ridiculous, I know, but I love it. 529 00:36:46,913 --> 00:36:49,415 - If you're not moved by that 530 00:36:49,416 --> 00:36:53,752 then I think you're a bit of a cynical bastard 531 00:36:53,753 --> 00:36:56,713 who should have a long, hard look at themselves. 532 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:57,716 - Jim Goose. 533 00:36:58,925 --> 00:36:59,925 Fifi. 534 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:03,680 And Johnny the Boy. 535 00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:49,184 - Donuts, donuts. - No donuts. 536 00:37:50,185 --> 00:37:51,727 Here are the donuts. 537 00:37:51,728 --> 00:37:54,688 Bit more, maybe here. 538 00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:55,815 Yeah, maybe here. 539 00:37:56,900 --> 00:38:01,403 - Yoshi bought a bike off eBay from South Australia. 540 00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:03,989 He paid good money for it and it got to my place, 541 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:08,577 it was a piece of, won't say any more. 542 00:38:08,578 --> 00:38:11,747 The rims were rusted out, spokes were broken and missing. 543 00:38:11,748 --> 00:38:14,249 Broken piston, wheel bearings were shot, 544 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,376 all the brakes had seized. 545 00:38:16,377 --> 00:38:19,046 The thing was the biggest pile of crap 546 00:38:19,047 --> 00:38:21,173 I've ever had in my shed. 547 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:25,552 So that's what we started with, and away we went. 548 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:34,978 - I've built many, many Kawasaki's, 549 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:36,855 I can't tell you how many I've done. 550 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:39,691 Hundreds of them, it's been an addiction. 551 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:42,444 I've owned well over a 1,000. 552 00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:45,072 I'm nuts on Kwakas, that's it. 553 00:38:45,073 --> 00:38:46,865 I'm quackers over Kwakas. 554 00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:52,246 It was successfully completed 555 00:38:52,247 --> 00:38:57,252 and soon after they found Dale's original bike. 556 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:02,840 They're both here today, they look fabulous. 557 00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:07,427 - Well, this one belongs to Yoshi from Japan 558 00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:09,221 and he leaves this in Australia. 559 00:39:09,222 --> 00:39:10,430 - What? 560 00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:11,473 - The bike. 561 00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:14,351 - Oh, yeah, yeah. - Yeah. 562 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:16,812 - This is the original bike that I owned, 563 00:39:16,813 --> 00:39:18,939 I was the first owner. 564 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:21,567 Whoa, clutch is not real good. 565 00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:24,529 There've been five owners of it now. 566 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:31,201 I sold it in about '79, but in 1994 for its class 567 00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:33,829 it established the land speed record. 568 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:39,460 142 point something miles per hour. 569 00:39:40,461 --> 00:39:42,254 So that's another little piece 570 00:39:42,255 --> 00:39:44,340 of very interesting history of this bike. 571 00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:48,385 - He always comes up to my place 572 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,721 because now his spare bike is kept there 573 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,016 and he collects it and off he goes. 574 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:57,812 And only found out last week that 575 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,898 he's got another burnout bike in Japan. 576 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:03,192 That was a surprise to me. 577 00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:19,018 - Beautiful. 578 00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:29,653 So when did you build this, how long ago? 579 00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:30,654 - 15 years. 580 00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:35,367 But it's old now, it over heats and sucks a lot of petrol. 581 00:41:35,368 --> 00:41:39,955 - You tell me, my Trans Am is just as bad. 582 00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:51,342 - Hey, Clunk! - Yeah! 583 00:41:56,264 --> 00:41:57,807 Long life to Clunk! 584 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:34,844 What a ride. 585 00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:40,307 - Thanks, cobber. 586 00:42:41,601 --> 00:42:45,687 - Yeah, sure, I'd be happy to. - Thank you so much. 587 00:42:45,688 --> 00:42:49,816 - Thank you for coming, I really appreciate it. 588 00:42:51,819 --> 00:42:52,695 How are you doing? 589 00:42:52,696 --> 00:42:54,237 How was your night last night? 590 00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:57,032 - Is this the most fans you've ever seen in one place? 591 00:42:57,033 --> 00:42:58,451 - Yes. 592 00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:04,206 - The vehicle is a mid 70s F100 I built from ground up, 593 00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:05,290 built it on pictures, 594 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:07,585 the original pictures from the movie vehicle. 595 00:43:09,462 --> 00:43:11,213 And it's probably one of the most 596 00:43:11,214 --> 00:43:14,634 reliable vehicle I've built, it goes and stops. 597 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:20,764 The special features are really the flame throwers. 598 00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:26,561 If we all did the same thing, 599 00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:29,190 life's pretty boring sometimes, isn't it, you know? 600 00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:34,194 - My name is Bill Hatzigiannis, 601 00:43:34,195 --> 00:43:36,947 I run a small business on Facebook, 602 00:43:36,948 --> 00:43:41,493 Steel Edge Constructions, where I create model cars. 603 00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:45,163 I'd never seen a coupe with that sort of body structure, 604 00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:48,166 I'd never seen any of the vehicles, motorbikes, 605 00:43:48,167 --> 00:43:51,753 looking as tough as they were on the actual Mad Max movie. 606 00:43:51,754 --> 00:43:54,005 My son loves vehicles, he's a motorhead, 607 00:43:54,006 --> 00:43:56,299 no influence of mine whatsoever. 608 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:58,927 But yeah, like I'm hoping that he'll be able to carry 609 00:43:58,928 --> 00:44:00,596 the Mad Max tradition on. 610 00:44:01,889 --> 00:44:03,557 Just awesome that there's other people out there 611 00:44:03,558 --> 00:44:07,727 that really enjoy it as much as I do and my family does. 612 00:44:07,728 --> 00:44:09,187 - Seeing all these replica vehicles 613 00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:12,274 and the guys that like spend their last dime 614 00:44:12,275 --> 00:44:13,942 to put these vehicles together, 615 00:44:13,943 --> 00:44:15,610 I understand that passion, 616 00:44:15,611 --> 00:44:16,945 if I had more dimes to spend 617 00:44:16,946 --> 00:44:18,864 I'd be doing the same damn thing. 618 00:44:18,865 --> 00:44:22,284 - Gidday, welcome to the Mad Max event. 619 00:44:25,162 --> 00:44:27,664 This is the biggest convention of Mad Max actors 620 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:30,166 since 1979 movie release 621 00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:32,043 and they're here in one spot and they're here, 622 00:44:32,044 --> 00:44:33,295 and this won't happen again. 623 00:44:33,296 --> 00:44:35,338 Make the most of it, it's a one-off day 624 00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,382 and we're gonna bloody enjoy it. 625 00:44:37,383 --> 00:44:41,219 Let's talk to the actors, we'll go through one by one. 626 00:44:41,220 --> 00:44:43,471 Vince Gill, the Nightrider! 627 00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:48,643 - Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 628 00:44:48,644 --> 00:44:51,313 - It just overwhelms me, 629 00:44:51,314 --> 00:44:54,357 this movie and the love you all have for it. 630 00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,151 Thank you so much. 631 00:44:56,152 --> 00:44:59,070 And to think that we're all still here like 40 years later 632 00:44:59,071 --> 00:45:01,573 and once we were young too. 633 00:45:01,574 --> 00:45:04,117 - Who would've thought 40 years down the road, 634 00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:06,329 thought everyone had forgotten about us. 635 00:45:08,581 --> 00:45:10,206 But apparently not. 636 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:13,084 - You couldn't do this in America, 637 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:17,047 they would arrest every one of you folks, seriously. 638 00:45:17,048 --> 00:45:19,758 - Who thought the stupid Swede, 639 00:45:19,759 --> 00:45:23,303 body builder could come here and do something like this 640 00:45:23,304 --> 00:45:24,804 and still here. 641 00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:30,852 - Remember the crowbar man? - Yeah! 642 00:45:30,853 --> 00:45:33,229 - I am the crowbar man! 643 00:45:34,482 --> 00:45:36,191 - Just remember who was the guy 644 00:45:36,192 --> 00:45:37,984 they nearly hit with a crowbar 645 00:45:37,985 --> 00:45:39,486 and they nearly hit with the axe 646 00:45:39,487 --> 00:45:41,155 and they nearly dropped the bike on. 647 00:45:43,449 --> 00:45:44,866 As you know it wasn't a huge budget 648 00:45:44,867 --> 00:45:46,910 so none of us got paid very much. 649 00:45:46,911 --> 00:45:49,287 But we were young, we were inventive, we were keen, 650 00:45:49,288 --> 00:45:52,165 and I think we contributed to the world 651 00:45:52,166 --> 00:45:55,377 as far as how to make movies and action movies. 652 00:45:55,378 --> 00:45:56,795 - I can tell a bunch of stories, 653 00:45:56,796 --> 00:45:59,047 but I just want to say something 654 00:45:59,048 --> 00:46:01,925 about this film and what it means, you know. 655 00:46:01,926 --> 00:46:05,095 I grew up in the Southern Tablelands and when you were 13 656 00:46:05,096 --> 00:46:08,014 all you want to do is get on the road and get out of there 657 00:46:08,015 --> 00:46:10,141 and there was garages around with lots of uncles, 658 00:46:10,142 --> 00:46:14,104 boring out V8s and trying to find a way 659 00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:19,068 to create a sense of freedom and the road 660 00:46:19,819 --> 00:46:21,362 and what was possible. 661 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:24,447 But what this story also said 662 00:46:24,448 --> 00:46:27,409 was that this story's about the road, 663 00:46:27,410 --> 00:46:30,036 it's about freedom, and it's about death. 664 00:46:30,037 --> 00:46:33,331 And how we all, all you people understand that tension 665 00:46:33,332 --> 00:46:34,582 and what that means. 666 00:46:34,583 --> 00:46:36,960 And this is a great Australian story 667 00:46:36,961 --> 00:46:40,463 because you understand that this film 668 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:44,259 was about the soul of part of Australia 669 00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:47,971 that you guys and women, you all grew up in. 670 00:46:47,972 --> 00:46:50,765 It's a bit tongue in cheek, it's a bit different, 671 00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:53,101 and the audience for this film around the world 672 00:46:53,102 --> 00:46:54,853 understand that very well. 673 00:46:54,854 --> 00:46:57,689 And nobody understands that better 674 00:46:57,690 --> 00:46:59,733 than the people standing in this crowd 675 00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:02,569 and I just want to say, I'm proud to meet ya, 676 00:47:02,570 --> 00:47:06,406 I hope to shake all your hands and thank you so much 677 00:47:06,407 --> 00:47:10,410 and don't forget your part in creating 678 00:47:10,411 --> 00:47:13,997 this great myth and narrative, thanks very much. 679 00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:19,127 - When I was first starting out to ride 680 00:47:19,128 --> 00:47:21,129 I'd be watching Terry Gibson 681 00:47:21,130 --> 00:47:24,174 riding fast on the Goose bike thinking, 682 00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:26,509 that's how you sit when you ride fast. 683 00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:29,512 I've always been into stunt riders and stuff like that, 684 00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:34,768 I was amazed by the stunts that were done in Mad Max. 685 00:47:34,769 --> 00:47:38,146 There's that style, it's raw, it's real. 686 00:47:53,829 --> 00:47:56,790 - I'm old school, I'm one of the very last. 687 00:47:56,791 --> 00:47:59,084 Actually someone introduced me the other day 688 00:47:59,085 --> 00:48:02,712 as being the oldest stuntman in Australia. 689 00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:05,673 My goal is to be the oldest stuntman in the world. 690 00:48:05,674 --> 00:48:07,467 - We had this car lying around 691 00:48:07,468 --> 00:48:10,136 and we decided we'd build it for the anniversary. 692 00:48:10,137 --> 00:48:12,263 We were contacted by the organisers, 693 00:48:12,264 --> 00:48:15,225 as they heard we may have a vehicle 694 00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:18,520 that could be sacrificed to go through the caravan. 695 00:48:18,521 --> 00:48:20,355 - So the caravan stunt, 696 00:48:20,356 --> 00:48:22,524 I was asked to sort of come up with the concept 697 00:48:22,525 --> 00:48:27,530 and I wanted to keep it to the original scale, low budget. 698 00:48:32,368 --> 00:48:36,704 But my idea was to make it bigger and better. 699 00:48:36,705 --> 00:48:40,543 So I decided, well, two's better than one. 700 00:48:44,296 --> 00:48:46,339 - It's intended life was as a race car, 701 00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:47,674 which it's still going to do 702 00:48:47,675 --> 00:48:50,093 after it's finished its job here today. 703 00:48:50,094 --> 00:48:51,970 It just fast-tracked our build a little quicker 704 00:48:51,971 --> 00:48:53,222 than what we expected. 705 00:48:54,140 --> 00:48:56,933 It was very stressful, the paint's still wet, 706 00:48:56,934 --> 00:49:00,353 we were still putting it together at00 AM this morning. 707 00:49:00,354 --> 00:49:04,984 - The biggest problem is basically the cupboard hardwood 708 00:49:07,403 --> 00:49:11,197 and cabinets, hinges, sinks and things like that. 709 00:49:11,198 --> 00:49:15,911 You will get stabbed more than likely from debris like that. 710 00:49:17,705 --> 00:49:20,374 I once had a splinter that was three metres long. 711 00:49:22,209 --> 00:49:24,503 But that's fine, I just pulled it out. 712 00:49:25,629 --> 00:49:28,548 - Do you want to jump in and give it a rev? 713 00:49:28,549 --> 00:49:30,909 - I'm hoping it'll start, I think the battery's nearly flat. 714 00:49:39,935 --> 00:49:42,896 - I'm old school, no smoke and mirrors, no cameras. 715 00:49:42,897 --> 00:49:43,897 You can't cheat. 716 00:49:46,942 --> 00:49:48,777 We're not going high-tech. 717 00:49:50,279 --> 00:49:52,071 We're keeping it grassroots 718 00:49:52,072 --> 00:49:56,367 so even the ramps are just pretty ramshackle. 719 00:49:56,368 --> 00:50:00,663 My gear is not megabucks safety here. 720 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:03,876 I've been alive 65 years, so I can't be too damn bad. 721 00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:06,479 I really hope you enjoyed it! 722 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:08,606 - Yes, excellent job, Rob. 723 00:51:08,607 --> 00:51:12,528 - I've just made history, that has never been done before! 724 00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,364 And I never practiced. 725 00:51:16,824 --> 00:51:20,618 If anybody's interested in some of the shrapnel, 726 00:51:20,619 --> 00:51:21,996 if you wanna collectible, 727 00:51:23,330 --> 00:51:25,415 it'll be available over there in about a half an hour. 728 00:51:25,416 --> 00:51:27,458 - How much for a piece of caravan? 729 00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:31,379 - You've done it, you've done it! 730 00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:33,674 You came out all right! - Haven't lost me touch. 731 00:51:48,731 --> 00:51:51,190 - All right, everyone, this car's the one 732 00:51:51,191 --> 00:51:53,192 that you were all asking about before. 733 00:51:53,193 --> 00:51:55,903 It's been signed by the actors. 734 00:51:55,904 --> 00:51:57,989 I'm gonna put Bertrand on, 735 00:51:57,990 --> 00:52:00,908 he's gonna tell you a little bit of a story. 736 00:52:00,909 --> 00:52:04,038 - All right, good evening. 737 00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:08,875 I'm sort of okay, this is why I'm here 738 00:52:08,876 --> 00:52:12,211 and you can see me with the walking stick. 739 00:52:12,212 --> 00:52:15,381 And the reason why I have a walking stick 740 00:52:15,382 --> 00:52:20,720 is because I've been diagnosed with leukaemia. 741 00:52:20,721 --> 00:52:24,265 It is fatal and it can't be cured. 742 00:52:24,266 --> 00:52:28,853 So I decided to come here with you guys as I am myself, 743 00:52:28,854 --> 00:52:32,565 as you can imagine, a Mad Max fan, 744 00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:36,819 and I would like to give some proceed of this auction 745 00:52:36,820 --> 00:52:39,322 to the Leukaemia Foundation. 746 00:52:42,034 --> 00:52:44,410 As much as it is okay for me to go at 70, 747 00:52:44,411 --> 00:52:48,956 I don't think it is okay, I'm going to become emotional, 748 00:52:48,957 --> 00:52:52,251 I don't think it is okay for a young person of 25 749 00:52:52,252 --> 00:52:54,587 to die of leukaemia, you know, 750 00:52:54,588 --> 00:52:57,548 and if we could help them, there you go. 751 00:52:57,549 --> 00:53:00,802 - I will start the auction at 200 bucks, 752 00:53:00,803 --> 00:53:03,805 so who is going to go over 200 bucks? 753 00:53:03,806 --> 00:53:05,014 - Come on! - 250! 754 00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:06,974 - We got 250, 250, 755 00:53:06,975 --> 00:53:08,935 we got a three, we got a three, we got a three? 756 00:53:08,936 --> 00:53:09,936 We got a three over there, 757 00:53:09,937 --> 00:53:12,772 we got a three, we got a 320, we got a 320, 320? 758 00:53:12,773 --> 00:53:15,525 We got a 320 over there, we got a 350, 350, 759 00:53:15,526 --> 00:53:18,194 350 over there, 400 over here! 760 00:53:18,195 --> 00:53:21,406 500 over there, 600 over there, 761 00:53:21,407 --> 00:53:24,784 can we get 650, 650, 650? 762 00:53:24,785 --> 00:53:26,829 - 1,000 - 1,000 over here! 763 00:53:30,290 --> 00:53:31,916 $1,500! 764 00:53:35,587 --> 00:53:38,465 Going, going and, sold! 765 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:51,520 - I think I'm going to cry, so thank you. 766 00:53:54,398 --> 00:53:56,024 Thank you very much. 767 00:54:22,259 --> 00:54:25,636 - We're up here at Maryborough, at the racing track, 768 00:54:25,637 --> 00:54:30,391 and the shows over, folks, and she's 100% snafu. 769 00:54:30,392 --> 00:54:33,895 But we're still here chipping away, packing up, 770 00:54:33,896 --> 00:54:35,522 and still enjoying it. 771 00:54:36,565 --> 00:54:38,232 That's what we come for. 772 00:54:38,233 --> 00:54:41,402 - So we got some amazing memorabilia from the show, 773 00:54:41,403 --> 00:54:43,196 which was sensational. 774 00:54:43,197 --> 00:54:47,325 But my two brothers here got pieces of the caravan 775 00:54:47,326 --> 00:54:49,452 with the tire marks on it, 776 00:54:49,453 --> 00:54:52,455 and I think that's the greatest thing 777 00:54:52,456 --> 00:54:56,084 these blokes can drag out and show somebody one day. 778 00:55:13,894 --> 00:55:16,812 - The first film is the balls to the wall, 779 00:55:16,813 --> 00:55:20,024 skinflint explosion of energy 780 00:55:20,025 --> 00:55:23,529 that is only created when you kind of have nothing to lose. 781 00:55:24,863 --> 00:55:29,075 - I was not particularly excited to see the film 782 00:55:29,076 --> 00:55:31,244 because I thought, my God, with what we went through, 783 00:55:31,245 --> 00:55:33,497 you know, it's going to be a flop. 784 00:55:34,540 --> 00:55:37,041 - Even the film crew, I remember them all mumbling 785 00:55:37,042 --> 00:55:40,378 and cursing and saying, oh God, it'll never work. 786 00:55:40,379 --> 00:55:42,965 I could hear it, and I'm sure George could hear it. 787 00:55:44,383 --> 00:55:46,217 - Australia didn't have much 788 00:55:46,218 --> 00:55:47,718 in the way of action cinema, 789 00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:52,139 so no one really could have possibly anticipated 790 00:55:52,140 --> 00:55:55,644 the hell that broke loose when Mad Max arrived in cinemas. 791 00:55:59,773 --> 00:56:03,401 - A lot of people did question 792 00:56:03,402 --> 00:56:05,028 some of the violence in the film. 793 00:56:08,907 --> 00:56:13,119 - One ABC journalist actually threw up 794 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:14,870 during one of the screenings. 795 00:56:14,871 --> 00:56:19,250 - The most famous kind of voice against the film 796 00:56:19,251 --> 00:56:20,835 was Phillip Adams. 797 00:56:20,836 --> 00:56:23,045 - He condemned Mad Max, saying that it had, 798 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:27,466 quote, all the emotional uplift of Mein Kampf. 799 00:56:27,467 --> 00:56:30,177 - The film would be great for future sadists 800 00:56:30,178 --> 00:56:34,932 and psychopaths and pedophiles, which is, you know, 801 00:56:34,933 --> 00:56:36,602 a lot more than a thumbs down. 802 00:56:37,936 --> 00:56:41,856 - The main thing about Mad Max was word of mouth. 803 00:56:41,857 --> 00:56:45,526 Everyone that saw Mad Max had never seen anything like it, 804 00:56:45,527 --> 00:56:47,321 not just as an Australian film. 805 00:56:48,572 --> 00:56:49,780 - Holy shit. 806 00:56:49,781 --> 00:56:51,992 It was an exciting film to watch. 807 00:56:52,993 --> 00:56:55,786 - Standing with George at the back of the cinema 808 00:56:55,787 --> 00:56:58,664 when the film finished and the lights came up, 809 00:56:58,665 --> 00:57:01,292 the response was just amazing. 810 00:57:01,293 --> 00:57:03,628 Bill Collins wrote that George Miller has made 811 00:57:03,629 --> 00:57:06,047 the most exciting film of the decade. 812 00:57:06,048 --> 00:57:09,008 - But still, if somebody then had said 813 00:57:09,009 --> 00:57:11,761 that I was going to be flown to Japan 814 00:57:11,762 --> 00:57:13,638 and treated like a rock star, 815 00:57:13,639 --> 00:57:15,723 I would have said, you are crazy. 816 00:57:15,724 --> 00:57:17,475 - It really blew everyone away. 817 00:57:17,476 --> 00:57:19,644 What was this story really about? 818 00:57:19,645 --> 00:57:21,520 Why are people connecting with it? 819 00:57:21,521 --> 00:57:23,189 And so in order to answer 820 00:57:23,190 --> 00:57:25,191 some of those questions for himself, 821 00:57:25,192 --> 00:57:29,570 George Miller started investigating Joseph Campbell's work. 822 00:57:29,571 --> 00:57:33,115 - We finally found Joseph Campbell or his writings, 823 00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:34,742 do you know who Joseph Campbell is? 824 00:57:34,743 --> 00:57:36,869 - Campbell's work goes back to 825 00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:39,288 pictures on the side of caves. 826 00:57:39,289 --> 00:57:42,291 So while we look at Mad Max and we say, 827 00:57:42,292 --> 00:57:43,793 this is an astonishing film, 828 00:57:43,794 --> 00:57:45,544 we've never seen this film before, 829 00:57:45,545 --> 00:57:47,505 it didn't just come from nowhere. 830 00:57:47,506 --> 00:57:50,299 It came from recurring patterns of narratives 831 00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:52,343 that began 40,000 years ago. 832 00:57:52,344 --> 00:57:54,512 - The person who alerted everyone to Campbell 833 00:57:54,513 --> 00:57:56,806 more than anyone else was George Lucas. 834 00:57:56,807 --> 00:57:58,599 From A Hero with a Thousand Faces, 835 00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,018 he based the Star Wars sagas. 836 00:58:01,019 --> 00:58:02,812 They all dressed in different clothes 837 00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:04,355 but the essential themes 838 00:58:04,356 --> 00:58:07,024 and the essential experiences come through. 839 00:58:07,025 --> 00:58:08,651 - When the mythology is alive 840 00:58:08,652 --> 00:58:11,779 you don't have to tell anybody what it means. 841 00:58:11,780 --> 00:58:13,572 It's like looking at a picture 842 00:58:13,573 --> 00:58:16,742 that's really talking to you, it gets to you. 843 00:58:16,743 --> 00:58:20,413 - The success of Mad Max in Japan, 844 00:58:20,414 --> 00:58:23,082 prompted Warner Brothers in the States 845 00:58:23,083 --> 00:58:26,627 to take another look at it and give it a bit more backing. 846 00:58:26,628 --> 00:58:29,255 And that's what enabled it to get off the ground. 847 00:58:29,256 --> 00:58:31,132 - It was really a turning point 848 00:58:31,133 --> 00:58:33,259 for modern Australian cinema. 849 00:58:33,260 --> 00:58:36,762 - In Road Warrior we attempted to be 850 00:58:36,763 --> 00:58:39,223 much more consciously mythological. 851 00:58:51,153 --> 00:58:54,530 - Every year, hundreds, if not thousands, 852 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:57,616 I'm not sure of the figures, of Mad Max 853 00:58:57,617 --> 00:59:02,622 dedicated true blue fans come from all over the world 854 00:59:03,081 --> 00:59:05,667 to Broken Hill and Silverton. 855 00:59:07,127 --> 00:59:10,671 This was the best possible location 856 00:59:10,672 --> 00:59:13,175 for the filming of Mad Max 2. 857 00:59:14,968 --> 00:59:20,181 Silverton is a place a Mad Max fan must attend, 858 00:59:20,182 --> 00:59:25,145 he must attend that, and so this is where we're going. 859 00:59:32,444 --> 00:59:34,487 - A friend of mine told me, oh, Broken Hill, 860 00:59:34,488 --> 00:59:36,489 it's the gate of the desert. 861 00:59:36,490 --> 00:59:38,866 But when I get there, I said, 862 00:59:38,867 --> 00:59:40,743 this is not the gate of the desert, 863 00:59:40,744 --> 00:59:42,912 this is the fucking desert. 864 00:59:42,913 --> 00:59:44,790 I was overwhelmed. 865 00:59:46,666 --> 00:59:49,586 I found it was really, really beautiful. 866 00:59:51,338 --> 00:59:53,714 If you go there, you understand right away 867 00:59:53,715 --> 00:59:55,591 why you want to shoot there 868 00:59:55,592 --> 01:00:00,305 because it's like an Australian Monument Valley. 869 01:00:01,515 --> 01:00:04,934 In France and Europe, everything is tiny and dense 870 01:00:04,935 --> 01:00:09,231 and I suddenly discovered empty spaces and a remote place. 871 01:00:11,107 --> 01:00:15,319 - It's a cult following now for Mad Max and Bertrand Cadart 872 01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,823 is the man that played Clunk in Mad Max 1, 873 01:00:18,824 --> 01:00:21,201 he joins me this morning, Bertrand good morning. 874 01:00:22,452 --> 01:00:25,746 - Mad Max 2 is really the decay of society 875 01:00:25,747 --> 01:00:30,584 and all its props is now well and truly on the way 876 01:00:30,585 --> 01:00:32,087 to nothingness. 877 01:00:36,049 --> 01:00:39,677 - I came to Silverton in 1973 and bought the pub 878 01:00:39,678 --> 01:00:42,930 and shortly after that various film crews 879 01:00:42,931 --> 01:00:44,641 started rolling into town. 880 01:00:51,398 --> 01:00:55,943 - It was still dirt roads coming into the place. 881 01:00:55,944 --> 01:00:59,697 You always saw people broken down with the bonnets up. 882 01:00:59,698 --> 01:01:02,199 - When they were filming Razorback, 883 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,160 they made the pub look absolutely disgusting, 884 01:01:05,161 --> 01:01:06,996 the outside of it. 885 01:01:06,997 --> 01:01:09,416 When cars would drive past they wouldn't pull up. 886 01:01:12,794 --> 01:01:13,878 - Probably up until then 887 01:01:13,879 --> 01:01:17,047 we'd never ever seen a drag queen in Broken Hill. 888 01:01:17,048 --> 01:01:18,674 We've had some famous people through here. 889 01:01:18,675 --> 01:01:21,802 - I had copies of them all on videos, 890 01:01:21,803 --> 01:01:24,805 but they've been damaged with heat 891 01:01:24,806 --> 01:01:27,016 and they don't work anymore. 892 01:01:27,017 --> 01:01:30,060 - A lot of movies have come here for the outback. 893 01:01:30,061 --> 01:01:31,563 Though Mad Max is the main one. 894 01:01:34,524 --> 01:01:37,192 - I think everybody got paid 20 bucks a day more 895 01:01:37,193 --> 01:01:39,821 if they had a mohawk, more than the other extras. 896 01:01:40,947 --> 01:01:44,408 People were a bit shy about having a mohawk to start with 897 01:01:44,409 --> 01:01:46,035 but it wasn't long before 898 01:01:46,036 --> 01:01:48,579 there were a lot of mohawks around town. 899 01:01:48,580 --> 01:01:51,290 - And we thought, gee, what's going on here, you know? 900 01:01:51,291 --> 01:01:53,959 - I can remember waking up early one morning 901 01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:56,003 and I looked out through the side window 902 01:01:56,004 --> 01:01:58,422 and there's this bloke walking around 903 01:01:58,423 --> 01:02:00,716 in all this leather gear and feathers hanging off 904 01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:02,968 and the cheeks of his arse hanging out 905 01:02:02,969 --> 01:02:05,554 and I just couldn't believe it. 906 01:02:05,555 --> 01:02:07,641 I thought, oh God, this is weird. 907 01:02:10,018 --> 01:02:10,894 I got quite a shock 908 01:02:10,895 --> 01:02:14,064 when I looked out the window and saw that. 909 01:02:17,025 --> 01:02:19,902 - In behind Yoshi there a bit. 910 01:02:19,903 --> 01:02:23,530 For decades in my group of friends, 911 01:02:23,531 --> 01:02:28,536 I was like the only person who loved Mad Max. 912 01:02:31,206 --> 01:02:35,000 Come up a bit more behind Nick here. 913 01:02:35,001 --> 01:02:38,629 Nobody else got it, nobody else was into it. 914 01:02:38,630 --> 01:02:43,384 And then to discover there is an international community 915 01:02:43,385 --> 01:02:47,721 of cosplayers and vehicle enthusiasts and Mad Max freaks. 916 01:02:47,722 --> 01:02:49,848 It's like, holy shit! 917 01:02:49,849 --> 01:02:52,059 - And I couldn't believe it 918 01:02:52,060 --> 01:02:55,688 when they started coming here for these reunions. 919 01:02:55,689 --> 01:02:56,855 - The Silverton Collective 920 01:02:56,856 --> 01:02:58,774 started many, many years ago. 921 01:02:58,775 --> 01:02:59,693 Being a collective 922 01:02:59,694 --> 01:03:02,528 everyone's just basically doing their own thing, 923 01:03:02,529 --> 01:03:04,905 having their own particular fun way 924 01:03:04,906 --> 01:03:06,157 of looking at everything. 925 01:03:07,617 --> 01:03:12,454 - Coming to Silverton, for me it's like sacred ground. 926 01:03:12,455 --> 01:03:15,332 Just knowing that the movie was made here. 927 01:03:15,333 --> 01:03:18,795 - Yoshi comes over here, Tank comes over from America. 928 01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:26,845 And Melvin comes from France, it's a universal movie. 929 01:03:32,767 --> 01:03:36,478 - You are 14 years old and you discover the movie 930 01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:39,690 for the first time in your life in a movie theatre 931 01:03:39,691 --> 01:03:44,820 full with strange guys in leather and crazy haircuts. 932 01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:47,072 That was like, awesome. 933 01:03:47,073 --> 01:03:50,576 Three, two, one. 934 01:03:50,577 --> 01:03:53,787 - The people that are around that come and see them 935 01:03:53,788 --> 01:03:54,706 and they think, oh geez, what are we doing, 936 01:03:54,707 --> 01:03:56,582 filming another Mad Max? 937 01:03:56,583 --> 01:04:00,377 - Little children sometimes are a little bit scared of it. 938 01:04:00,378 --> 01:04:03,047 I have to walk up to them and go really gently, 939 01:04:03,048 --> 01:04:05,174 look I'm a nice person, it's okay. 940 01:04:05,175 --> 01:04:07,051 - I guess you could say I'm a little intimidating 941 01:04:07,052 --> 01:04:08,135 just due to my size. 942 01:04:08,136 --> 01:04:10,471 I'm a nice guy, but people don't get that 943 01:04:10,472 --> 01:04:11,680 until they get to know me. 944 01:04:11,681 --> 01:04:14,391 - I'm trying to calm them down and the parents are like, 945 01:04:14,392 --> 01:04:17,353 yeah, yeah, scare them more, scare them more. 946 01:04:22,525 --> 01:04:25,944 - I feel like I'm at home with all the other crazies. 947 01:04:25,945 --> 01:04:27,447 It's like coming to Mecca. 948 01:04:28,448 --> 01:04:33,453 - I'm Michael, Stacie, my daughter, Josh, Cody. 949 01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:35,829 Family trip. 950 01:04:35,830 --> 01:04:39,041 - Well, it's been the trip of a lifetime really. 951 01:04:39,042 --> 01:04:43,754 Like traveling back to Silverton from Maryborough 952 01:04:43,755 --> 01:04:47,216 in a big convoy of about 12 cars, 953 01:04:47,217 --> 01:04:49,927 that was one of the best experiences I've ever had. 954 01:04:49,928 --> 01:04:52,387 - I'm like my father in many ways, 955 01:04:52,388 --> 01:04:54,681 just looking at the old cars and stuff 956 01:04:54,682 --> 01:04:58,894 and helping out and all that so yeah. 957 01:04:58,895 --> 01:05:02,899 - 'Cause I needed all the drivers too, hang on. 958 01:05:04,317 --> 01:05:07,112 So yeah, so I needed a back up vehicle. 959 01:05:08,363 --> 01:05:11,490 Joshua brought the Griffin car, 960 01:05:11,491 --> 01:05:14,660 and he's our little navigator. 961 01:05:14,661 --> 01:05:17,955 And it's just awesome, you can go out to the scenes out here 962 01:05:17,956 --> 01:05:19,666 and it's exactly like in the movie. 963 01:05:27,048 --> 01:05:29,967 When I hit the Mundi Mundi plains, 964 01:05:29,968 --> 01:05:33,679 go on over the hill and down, you know, it's just awesome. 965 01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:35,431 Just like on the movie. 966 01:05:44,190 --> 01:05:46,942 - I've always been more a loner you might say, 967 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:48,569 rather than big groups, 968 01:05:48,570 --> 01:05:51,489 I don't know what drives people to get together like that. 969 01:05:52,615 --> 01:05:53,949 Really. 970 01:05:53,950 --> 01:05:54,950 - Hundreds tonight, 971 01:05:54,951 --> 01:05:57,703 I've never seen the lookout as busy as it is tonight. 972 01:05:57,704 --> 01:06:00,707 It's just phenomenal, the crowds, the cars. 973 01:06:03,501 --> 01:06:05,502 - You can stand on the spot and go, 974 01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:09,256 shit, that rock looks like it was still in the movie. 975 01:06:17,473 --> 01:06:20,559 - I think it just captures a bit of a dreamtime 976 01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:21,436 for a lot of Australians 977 01:06:21,437 --> 01:06:24,439 how they would like to play and live their life. 978 01:06:25,857 --> 01:06:28,358 Anything to do with wheels and motors 979 01:06:28,359 --> 01:06:31,445 is always a popular thing with guys. 980 01:06:31,446 --> 01:06:33,030 - Off the road. 981 01:06:33,031 --> 01:06:34,823 Get off the road! 982 01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:45,125 - Back in the day, those cars were on the road for us. 983 01:06:45,126 --> 01:06:46,668 We'd like to catch the bus to school 984 01:06:46,669 --> 01:06:47,711 and be looking out the window 985 01:06:47,712 --> 01:06:50,589 and you see all these cars that could have been in Mad Max 986 01:06:50,590 --> 01:06:53,009 and yeah, we just loved those cars. 987 01:06:55,678 --> 01:06:59,348 - Mid-seventies, petrol had been hugely cheap. 988 01:06:59,349 --> 01:07:01,642 - And my car needed so much of it 989 01:07:01,643 --> 01:07:04,811 that I was continually running out of petrol. 990 01:07:04,812 --> 01:07:07,147 - Young men could quite simply go out 991 01:07:07,148 --> 01:07:11,818 and buy themselves a ridiculously overpowered automobile. 992 01:07:11,819 --> 01:07:16,073 And the sense of freedom you get from that was massive. 993 01:07:16,074 --> 01:07:18,200 And then there was the oil crisis. 994 01:07:18,201 --> 01:07:20,744 - This may be the worst weekend they've ever faced 995 01:07:20,745 --> 01:07:23,789 for finding gasoline to give them the automobile freedom 996 01:07:23,790 --> 01:07:25,082 they take as their due. 997 01:07:25,083 --> 01:07:27,918 - You had these incredible automobiles 998 01:07:27,919 --> 01:07:30,128 that sucked a huge amount of juice 999 01:07:30,129 --> 01:07:33,882 and all of a sudden petrol wasn't cheap anymore. 1000 01:07:33,883 --> 01:07:37,678 - Big V8s and the like were just cut up and got rid of 1001 01:07:37,679 --> 01:07:38,929 because it looked as though the fuel 1002 01:07:38,930 --> 01:07:42,391 was going to keep on getting more expensive. 1003 01:07:42,392 --> 01:07:43,767 - I remember being told things like, 1004 01:07:43,768 --> 01:07:47,020 fuel is going to run out in two, maybe three years. 1005 01:07:47,021 --> 01:07:50,482 - When we had fuel rationing we saw what started to happen 1006 01:07:50,483 --> 01:07:52,401 after about three or four days. 1007 01:07:52,402 --> 01:07:54,486 - I will not take the blame for this thing, 1008 01:07:54,487 --> 01:07:56,238 I will not take the crap and the harassment 1009 01:07:56,239 --> 01:07:57,073 from these customers. 1010 01:07:57,074 --> 01:07:59,700 - Why didn't they come out and tell us there was no gas? 1011 01:07:59,701 --> 01:08:02,577 - Lives were disrupted by something as simple 1012 01:08:02,578 --> 01:08:04,830 as not having enough fuel to run their cars. 1013 01:08:04,831 --> 01:08:08,959 - When Mad Max came out it kind of crystallised, 1014 01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:11,086 oh this is what it could look like. 1015 01:08:11,087 --> 01:08:14,423 We'd see a breakdown in order and chaos would ensue. 1016 01:08:14,424 --> 01:08:16,508 Gangs would take over the highway. 1017 01:08:16,509 --> 01:08:19,970 - Timing of Max and the timing of that whole 1018 01:08:19,971 --> 01:08:22,973 car culture, power high-octane thing 1019 01:08:22,974 --> 01:08:27,227 was right in the sweet spot to create even more reverence 1020 01:08:27,228 --> 01:08:32,316 to these beautifully illogical overpowered vehicles. 1021 01:08:40,658 --> 01:08:43,452 - I remember when I first arrived here 1022 01:08:43,453 --> 01:08:45,829 for the first time in 2004, 1023 01:08:45,830 --> 01:08:48,915 we came over the brow of the hill and just parked up here. 1024 01:08:48,916 --> 01:08:51,543 I got goosebumps, the hairs went up on the back of my neck, 1025 01:08:51,544 --> 01:08:53,503 it was just absolutely incredible. 1026 01:08:53,504 --> 01:08:57,007 It just felt, well for me, it felt like I'd come home. 1027 01:08:57,008 --> 01:09:00,302 I was so familiar with seeing this place in the movie. 1028 01:09:00,303 --> 01:09:02,179 Just absolutely incredible. 1029 01:09:02,180 --> 01:09:04,264 - We actually call Adrian Mad Max 1030 01:09:04,265 --> 01:09:06,683 because he thinks he's Mad Max. 1031 01:09:06,684 --> 01:09:09,353 He dresses like Mad Max, got a dog like Mad Max, 1032 01:09:09,354 --> 01:09:11,480 he does everything Mad Max. 1033 01:09:11,481 --> 01:09:13,231 I think he eats dog food and all that. 1034 01:09:13,232 --> 01:09:15,776 - I remember sitting at the kitchen table, 1035 01:09:15,777 --> 01:09:17,319 I had my head in my hands, I was like this, 1036 01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:19,571 and my mum came and she said, 1037 01:09:19,572 --> 01:09:20,947 is everything all right, you know, is everything okay? 1038 01:09:20,948 --> 01:09:25,202 And I said, Mum, you know, I've just been to see 1039 01:09:25,203 --> 01:09:28,539 two of the most extraordinary films that I've ever seen. 1040 01:09:29,791 --> 01:09:31,917 And that was the start that set me on this quest 1041 01:09:31,918 --> 01:09:35,004 to find out more and more about these incredible movies. 1042 01:09:37,423 --> 01:09:40,426 To me, Mad Max 2 was film perfection, it was flawless. 1043 01:09:43,012 --> 01:09:46,390 The first thing I wanted to do was see if I can find a car, 1044 01:09:46,391 --> 01:09:48,475 which I did, I found an Aussie coupe in Texas, 1045 01:09:48,476 --> 01:09:50,727 funnily enough, and I bought the car 1046 01:09:50,728 --> 01:09:54,481 and over the next 18 months turned into the Interceptor. 1047 01:09:59,821 --> 01:10:01,988 I think at the time I was the only person in Europe 1048 01:10:01,989 --> 01:10:04,700 that had one of these replicas and I was happy. 1049 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:09,287 But I knew that there was something more I needed to do, 1050 01:10:09,288 --> 01:10:10,997 something else I wanted to do. 1051 01:10:10,998 --> 01:10:13,834 My future plans including the family and the car, 1052 01:10:13,835 --> 01:10:16,461 is moving to Australia to live. 1053 01:10:16,462 --> 01:10:18,964 I actually said to my wife, Linda, I said, 1054 01:10:18,965 --> 01:10:21,925 do you think you could live there? 1055 01:10:21,926 --> 01:10:26,054 Well thinking it would never happen, she actually said yes, 1056 01:10:26,055 --> 01:10:28,598 you know, just to kind of pacify me. 1057 01:10:30,810 --> 01:10:32,310 I've been with Linda now for 35 years 1058 01:10:32,311 --> 01:10:35,105 and our first date was actually taking her to the cinema 1059 01:10:35,106 --> 01:10:37,023 to see Mad Max 1 and 2. 1060 01:10:37,024 --> 01:10:39,025 But I don't really think she ever expected me 1061 01:10:39,026 --> 01:10:40,026 to do all this. 1062 01:10:41,028 --> 01:10:44,030 Thinking back now, I got away with things that maybe 1063 01:10:44,031 --> 01:10:46,284 a normal husband wouldn't have got away with. 1064 01:10:47,493 --> 01:10:49,828 At the time it was just a dream but I thought to myself, 1065 01:10:49,829 --> 01:10:52,372 if I'm ever lucky enough to ever live in Australia, 1066 01:10:52,373 --> 01:10:53,832 and certainly live out here, 1067 01:10:53,833 --> 01:10:56,918 I would love to do some kind of display. 1068 01:10:56,919 --> 01:10:58,712 - We all thought it was going to be bullshit 1069 01:10:58,713 --> 01:11:02,257 and you know, no one's going to go to the Mad Max Museum. 1070 01:11:02,258 --> 01:11:04,634 But it's the most popular thing out here. 1071 01:11:04,635 --> 01:11:07,512 Everyone that comes here and they don't know where it is, 1072 01:11:07,513 --> 01:11:09,848 well, where's Mad Max Museum? 1073 01:11:09,849 --> 01:11:10,683 Up the hill. 1074 01:11:10,684 --> 01:11:14,102 - This being known as the Hollywood of the Outback, 1075 01:11:14,103 --> 01:11:16,230 I just found it odd that there was really nothing 1076 01:11:17,356 --> 01:11:19,024 to show that films are shot here. 1077 01:11:19,025 --> 01:11:20,817 Especially with a film like Mad Max 2 1078 01:11:20,818 --> 01:11:24,404 which of course is one of the biggest films ever made. 1079 01:11:34,624 --> 01:11:36,291 The majority of photographs here 1080 01:11:36,292 --> 01:11:38,460 were given to me by cast and crew members, 1081 01:11:38,461 --> 01:11:40,670 extras as well from Broken Hill. 1082 01:11:40,671 --> 01:11:41,797 There's a lot more to the film 1083 01:11:41,798 --> 01:11:44,132 than the 90 minutes you see on the screen. 1084 01:11:44,133 --> 01:11:47,010 For instance, we have just this photograph here 1085 01:11:47,011 --> 01:11:49,221 that shows one of the bad guys 1086 01:11:49,222 --> 01:11:51,348 eating a chocolate bar, having a laugh. 1087 01:11:51,349 --> 01:11:52,682 And I think that's important, 1088 01:11:52,683 --> 01:11:55,018 just to let people know, and show people, 1089 01:11:55,019 --> 01:11:57,438 exactly what went on at the same time. 1090 01:11:58,731 --> 01:12:01,650 These are just a few of the people that I've ever met 1091 01:12:01,651 --> 01:12:05,320 or people that have called in to see us at the museum, 1092 01:12:05,321 --> 01:12:08,907 which is a real honour for me, a real big honour. 1093 01:12:08,908 --> 01:12:11,535 Oh, actually we were doing some work at the back 1094 01:12:11,536 --> 01:12:13,328 and a chap came round the back 1095 01:12:13,329 --> 01:12:15,455 and he just said, oh, are you the owner? 1096 01:12:15,456 --> 01:12:16,873 I said, yes, he said, 1097 01:12:16,874 --> 01:12:18,583 my wife would love a photograph with you. 1098 01:12:18,584 --> 01:12:20,669 And I said, yeah, that's no problem, I'll come around. 1099 01:12:20,670 --> 01:12:21,711 And he said, oh, I should let you know, 1100 01:12:21,712 --> 01:12:23,880 it's Mel Gibson's sister. 1101 01:12:23,881 --> 01:12:26,758 So you can imagine that I was a little bit nervous. 1102 01:12:26,759 --> 01:12:29,594 You never know who's gonna walk through the door. 1103 01:12:29,595 --> 01:12:32,097 - Go up there and growl at the camera. 1104 01:12:32,098 --> 01:12:34,182 Right down the lens, run up to it. 1105 01:12:34,183 --> 01:12:35,850 - Mel came into the bar one day 1106 01:12:35,851 --> 01:12:38,019 and he had all this gravel rash 1107 01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:41,773 and it was all weeping and it looked terrible. 1108 01:12:41,774 --> 01:12:43,400 And I said, ugh, I'll go and get 1109 01:12:43,401 --> 01:12:44,901 someone to do something about that 1110 01:12:44,902 --> 01:12:46,987 and he just laughed because it was just makeup 1111 01:12:46,988 --> 01:12:51,658 and here's stupid me thinking that was the real thing. 1112 01:12:51,659 --> 01:12:53,451 - Well, this display here 1113 01:12:53,452 --> 01:12:57,831 features parts from the Interceptor double car, 1114 01:12:57,832 --> 01:13:01,751 which is the one that they rolled and wrecked. 1115 01:13:01,752 --> 01:13:03,878 If you're lucky enough when you're fossicking around 1116 01:13:03,879 --> 01:13:08,049 you can find little bits and pieces that are still around. 1117 01:13:08,050 --> 01:13:10,218 To some people it looks like bits 1118 01:13:10,219 --> 01:13:12,596 of broken glass and things like that, 1119 01:13:12,597 --> 01:13:14,347 but for me, finding something like these pieces here, 1120 01:13:14,348 --> 01:13:15,348 the bits off the car, 1121 01:13:15,349 --> 01:13:18,101 must be like a prospector finding gold. 1122 01:13:18,102 --> 01:13:21,063 - Oh, that's rock. 1123 01:13:23,691 --> 01:13:24,691 God dammit. 1124 01:13:28,321 --> 01:13:30,906 - Oh, I found it, I found what you were picking up. 1125 01:13:32,450 --> 01:13:36,286 Mad Max first entered my life on June 8th, 2016. 1126 01:13:36,287 --> 01:13:37,663 That's the day I met Tank. 1127 01:13:40,374 --> 01:13:41,917 I was working for a television station 1128 01:13:41,918 --> 01:13:44,502 at Eternal Con on Long Island 1129 01:13:44,503 --> 01:13:46,671 and I'm interviewing an Iron Man 1130 01:13:46,672 --> 01:13:48,256 when out of the corner of my eye 1131 01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:53,178 I see this hulking, naked figure. 1132 01:13:53,179 --> 01:13:54,554 I think my first question to Tank was, 1133 01:13:54,555 --> 01:13:56,641 who the hell are you and why are you naked? 1134 01:13:57,850 --> 01:13:59,893 I said, can I just come up to your house for a weekend 1135 01:13:59,894 --> 01:14:03,480 and do a little three minute video for my news station? 1136 01:14:03,481 --> 01:14:05,523 - Ham and Swiss or spinach and feta? 1137 01:14:05,524 --> 01:14:08,818 - I'll go ham and swish, swish, swish. 1138 01:14:08,819 --> 01:14:10,111 - Two days later, we start filming. 1139 01:14:10,112 --> 01:14:12,697 He calls me up a couple of days later and he goes, 1140 01:14:12,698 --> 01:14:15,533 by the way, this is what I do all year long. 1141 01:14:15,534 --> 01:14:18,578 - And some cake to chase that coffee down. 1142 01:14:18,579 --> 01:14:19,788 Just the plain one. 1143 01:14:19,789 --> 01:14:21,623 - And he said, do you want to come to Australia with me? 1144 01:14:21,624 --> 01:14:22,792 I said, hell yeah I do. 1145 01:14:24,293 --> 01:14:27,296 We traveled the world together many times over. 1146 01:14:30,174 --> 01:14:33,301 And eventually we fell in love. 1147 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:34,344 Some days I want to kill him, 1148 01:14:34,345 --> 01:14:36,389 but he feels like my best friend, you know? 1149 01:14:38,724 --> 01:14:40,183 - I have lipstick on now? 1150 01:14:40,184 --> 01:14:41,184 - No. - Okay. 1151 01:14:42,728 --> 01:14:45,648 - I think that he has a very rigid view on masculinity 1152 01:14:46,732 --> 01:14:49,026 and I challenge that a lot. 1153 01:14:50,403 --> 01:14:52,737 Men can have feelings, men can open up. 1154 01:14:52,738 --> 01:14:54,739 - I don't know what it is. - It's a piece of car. 1155 01:14:54,740 --> 01:14:56,367 - He hides behind a lot of walls. 1156 01:14:58,994 --> 01:15:01,080 He gets to hide behind the mask. 1157 01:15:02,164 --> 01:15:04,500 - Oh! - Oh, yes! 1158 01:15:05,459 --> 01:15:08,253 - Yeah! - Holy shit! 1159 01:15:08,254 --> 01:15:10,004 Oh my god! 1160 01:15:10,005 --> 01:15:13,007 - It's a piece of potentially Toadie's badge! 1161 01:15:13,008 --> 01:15:14,926 - Yep. - Wow. 1162 01:15:14,927 --> 01:15:17,012 We got to compare it to some screenshots. 1163 01:15:18,514 --> 01:15:21,725 - Well done, Tank, that's gold, mate. 1164 01:15:21,726 --> 01:15:24,477 Suck it, King Tutankhamen. 1165 01:15:26,689 --> 01:15:29,024 - I like to visit the movie location 1166 01:15:29,025 --> 01:15:34,030 and after a while I started this rock museum. 1167 01:15:34,572 --> 01:15:37,907 I went quite everywhere where they shot the movies 1168 01:15:37,908 --> 01:15:39,659 so I have quite a lot. 1169 01:15:39,660 --> 01:15:41,870 Obviously rocks were really important 1170 01:15:41,871 --> 01:15:43,872 for me at the beginning. 1171 01:15:43,873 --> 01:15:48,878 Now I succeed to pick up a little piece of the road, 1172 01:15:50,045 --> 01:15:51,254 of the bitumen. 1173 01:15:51,255 --> 01:15:53,840 I mean they shot the movie on that bitumen 1174 01:15:53,841 --> 01:15:57,469 so it's like, you know, interesting. 1175 01:15:57,470 --> 01:15:58,928 Actually I don't really care about 1176 01:15:58,929 --> 01:16:01,514 how beautiful the rocks are, 1177 01:16:01,515 --> 01:16:04,476 it's just they were picked at the right place 1178 01:16:04,477 --> 01:16:08,980 and now it's a beautiful 1179 01:16:08,981 --> 01:16:13,319 collection of stuff. 1180 01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:24,412 - Gradually I realised that whilst I was 1181 01:16:24,413 --> 01:16:27,415 from a completely different background, 1182 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:32,421 I had through this film extraordinary unforeseen affinities 1183 01:16:33,672 --> 01:16:35,173 with those people. 1184 01:16:35,174 --> 01:16:37,926 I would like to really congratulate you 1185 01:16:37,927 --> 01:16:39,803 on keeping this cinema open. 1186 01:16:39,804 --> 01:16:43,306 I'm now very fond of them and strangely enough, 1187 01:16:43,307 --> 01:16:45,184 they seem to be very fond of me. 1188 01:16:49,313 --> 01:16:51,689 - We all rub shoulder to shoulder. 1189 01:16:51,690 --> 01:16:54,026 We're all stars in our own right. 1190 01:16:57,071 --> 01:17:00,490 Being a fan of Mad Max, it grows on you. 1191 01:17:00,491 --> 01:17:02,450 It grows on you. 1192 01:17:02,451 --> 01:17:05,621 - Hey, for a 38 year old movie that's not bad, huh? 1193 01:17:06,831 --> 01:17:10,209 - It's a story of survival, and I thought about myself. 1194 01:17:12,002 --> 01:17:16,632 In 1998, they said, you've got a tumor in your spinal cord. 1195 01:17:18,092 --> 01:17:22,136 The doctor got all the tumor out of the spinal cord 1196 01:17:22,137 --> 01:17:25,014 but it left all this damage. 1197 01:17:25,015 --> 01:17:29,769 It took me months, but I finally got the big toe moving. 1198 01:17:29,770 --> 01:17:32,856 Nine months later I walked out of there. 1199 01:17:32,857 --> 01:17:34,357 It's up to each and every one of us 1200 01:17:34,358 --> 01:17:38,736 to have that determination to push ourselves through. 1201 01:17:38,737 --> 01:17:41,282 - I've got that fighting spirit, I won't give up. 1202 01:17:42,241 --> 01:17:43,825 I've been through a hell of a lot of trauma 1203 01:17:43,826 --> 01:17:46,744 and this one's been through it with me. 1204 01:17:46,745 --> 01:17:49,163 Still fighting the fight of cancer now, 1205 01:17:49,164 --> 01:17:52,458 and I'm not going to give up, I won't stop smiling 1206 01:17:52,459 --> 01:17:54,168 and keep the fight. 1207 01:17:54,169 --> 01:17:57,255 Every day is worth living and you've got to fight it. 1208 01:17:57,256 --> 01:18:02,468 - And that's Mad Max, daily battle to survive. 1209 01:18:02,469 --> 01:18:05,388 We'll get there, yeah, we'll make it. 1210 01:18:05,389 --> 01:18:08,224 - First thing I done, when I got back 1211 01:18:08,225 --> 01:18:12,729 I asked the person with me to get a handful of soil 1212 01:18:12,730 --> 01:18:14,564 and put it in my hands. 1213 01:18:14,565 --> 01:18:18,110 I rubbed it through my fingers and I said, I'm home. 1214 01:18:23,407 --> 01:18:27,452 - Now you'll be able to walk. 1215 01:18:27,453 --> 01:18:30,246 - I can die happy now, it's all good. 1216 01:18:30,247 --> 01:18:32,832 - Last of the V8 Interceptors. 1217 01:18:32,833 --> 01:18:35,084 It fills people's lives, makes 'em happy. 1218 01:18:35,085 --> 01:18:37,921 If it makes 'em happy then it's good to do. 1219 01:18:37,922 --> 01:18:41,883 - The mateship, the comradery, it's infectious. 1220 01:18:41,884 --> 01:18:43,844 It's Australian and I love it. 1221 01:18:45,346 --> 01:18:47,806 - And it only lasts a few days. 1222 01:18:48,849 --> 01:18:52,101 And then it's time to go back to the real world 1223 01:18:52,102 --> 01:18:53,103 and that's hard. 1224 01:18:54,355 --> 01:18:56,481 That's a bit of a let down, I mean, you're not only 1225 01:18:56,482 --> 01:18:58,858 going back to your day job and taking the costume off 1226 01:18:58,859 --> 01:19:00,945 but you're leaving family behind. 1227 01:19:02,821 --> 01:19:05,323 This is not just a Comic Convention or something. 1228 01:19:05,324 --> 01:19:06,533 This is a family reunion. 1229 01:19:07,952 --> 01:19:10,453 - And it's incredible 'cause 10 days maybe total 1230 01:19:10,454 --> 01:19:12,413 have been spent together and they feel like 1231 01:19:12,414 --> 01:19:14,041 I've known them my whole life. 1232 01:19:17,962 --> 01:19:19,087 - There's been so many great things 1233 01:19:19,088 --> 01:19:20,838 that have come out of all this, 1234 01:19:20,839 --> 01:19:22,633 people that have come into my life. 1235 01:19:23,717 --> 01:19:25,426 That have changed my life, 1236 01:19:25,427 --> 01:19:30,390 and hopefully they'll stick around for the rest of my life. 1237 01:19:30,391 --> 01:19:31,891 - You're a special one. 1238 01:19:31,892 --> 01:19:33,268 - Am I now? - Mister Tank. 1239 01:19:35,187 --> 01:19:37,647 How'd we do? - We did great. 1240 01:19:37,648 --> 01:19:40,566 - There was always individuals inspired to create 1241 01:19:40,567 --> 01:19:43,695 and over time if you love it, you just stay with it 1242 01:19:43,696 --> 01:19:45,697 and it doesn't matter if you don't know anyone else 1243 01:19:45,698 --> 01:19:47,073 who's involved in it. 1244 01:19:47,074 --> 01:19:49,659 Certainly, you want to be executed? 1245 01:19:49,660 --> 01:19:53,913 But the beauty of it is there is a big community out there 1246 01:19:53,914 --> 01:19:55,748 of people who are all like-minded, 1247 01:19:55,749 --> 01:20:00,211 who have the same roaring desire for this franchise. 1248 01:20:11,348 --> 01:20:14,308 Nothing can prepare for that moment 1249 01:20:14,309 --> 01:20:17,061 when you drive towards the Wasteland city 1250 01:20:17,062 --> 01:20:18,688 for the first time. 1251 01:20:18,689 --> 01:20:21,357 And you're seeing it rise out of the desert 1252 01:20:21,358 --> 01:20:23,193 and it's on. 1253 01:20:27,364 --> 01:20:29,282 - We started Wasteland Weekend in 2010. 1254 01:20:29,283 --> 01:20:32,368 We wanted to have a gathering of Mad Max fans 1255 01:20:32,369 --> 01:20:34,370 and do it out in our own little piece of the wasteland 1256 01:20:34,371 --> 01:20:36,415 and we thought some people might show up. 1257 01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:40,334 - It's a crazy event, it is massive. 1258 01:20:40,335 --> 01:20:41,961 I think last year they had probably around 1259 01:20:41,962 --> 01:20:43,714 4,000 people attend. 1260 01:20:45,924 --> 01:20:48,677 It takes hours to get in, it's just, it's insane. 1261 01:20:49,803 --> 01:20:53,306 - We go in, we kill, we capture them! 1262 01:20:53,307 --> 01:20:55,975 Being Wez at Wasteland Weekend 1263 01:20:55,976 --> 01:21:00,146 is nothing short of being an epic rock star for a week. 1264 01:21:00,147 --> 01:21:01,231 Wez, you missed your cue. 1265 01:21:03,192 --> 01:21:04,485 Valley of Death? 1266 01:21:06,070 --> 01:21:08,946 - This is the Valley of Death! 1267 01:21:08,947 --> 01:21:11,240 - Tank's tribe is really the tribe for 1268 01:21:11,241 --> 01:21:13,201 screen accurate Mad Max 2 stuff. 1269 01:21:13,202 --> 01:21:16,037 - We kill, we capture! - Wez, no! 1270 01:21:16,038 --> 01:21:17,955 - I don't think anybody's living a better life 1271 01:21:17,956 --> 01:21:19,916 than Steve Scholz when he's dressed up as Wez. 1272 01:21:19,917 --> 01:21:21,501 It's incredible to watch. 1273 01:21:21,502 --> 01:21:24,212 - I understand your pain. 1274 01:21:24,213 --> 01:21:27,548 - And now it's Lord Humungus and Lady Faye 1275 01:21:27,549 --> 01:21:29,133 of the Dogs of War. 1276 01:21:29,134 --> 01:21:30,176 - People ask me all the time, 1277 01:21:30,177 --> 01:21:32,178 with all this cosplay stuff that I do 1278 01:21:32,179 --> 01:21:33,596 do you make any money doing it? 1279 01:21:33,597 --> 01:21:35,306 And I say, believe it or not, 1280 01:21:35,307 --> 01:21:38,352 the one thing that actually makes money is the DJing thing. 1281 01:21:39,686 --> 01:21:43,189 DJ Humungus is very heavy, unforgivingly heavy. 1282 01:21:43,190 --> 01:21:45,775 Still very danceable. 1283 01:21:47,569 --> 01:21:49,905 It started out as just a silly idea, who knew. 1284 01:22:00,082 --> 01:22:02,875 - My dogs, we're gathered here today. 1285 01:22:02,876 --> 01:22:03,752 - So good. 1286 01:22:03,753 --> 01:22:06,379 - You must not be selfish. 1287 01:22:06,380 --> 01:22:09,132 You must not hoard your gasoline from one another. 1288 01:22:10,467 --> 01:22:13,636 You must listen to each other's reason, especially hers. 1289 01:22:13,637 --> 01:22:15,221 - So many people showed up. 1290 01:22:15,222 --> 01:22:16,889 There's people like ringed three and four deep 1291 01:22:16,890 --> 01:22:18,391 outside the dome. 1292 01:22:18,392 --> 01:22:20,226 I'm looking up, there's people climbing the dome, 1293 01:22:20,227 --> 01:22:22,770 local Cal City Police Department was there 1294 01:22:22,771 --> 01:22:24,730 working the event, they were on the dome 1295 01:22:24,731 --> 01:22:25,691 to see what was going on. 1296 01:22:25,692 --> 01:22:27,275 - Local sheriff's department was on the dome. 1297 01:22:27,276 --> 01:22:28,152 - Oh man. 1298 01:22:28,153 --> 01:22:30,486 - We have multiple wedding requests every year, 1299 01:22:30,487 --> 01:22:31,779 but okay, if you want to do that. 1300 01:22:31,780 --> 01:22:33,990 I mean, it's, it's your wedding if you want us to ruin it. 1301 01:22:33,991 --> 01:22:37,160 - With the power assumed by me. 1302 01:22:37,161 --> 01:22:39,704 And once I did one, everybody else 1303 01:22:39,705 --> 01:22:41,998 just wanted to follow suit at Wasteland, 1304 01:22:41,999 --> 01:22:42,833 said, I've got to get in on this, 1305 01:22:42,834 --> 01:22:44,458 I need the Lord Humungus to marry me. 1306 01:22:44,459 --> 01:22:48,963 - If any Wastelander has an objection to this union. 1307 01:22:48,964 --> 01:22:51,799 - Tank doesn't become Tank until he puts that mask on 1308 01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:54,468 and then he just gets to become this funny, 1309 01:22:54,469 --> 01:22:58,139 lighthearted guy, everybody eats it up, everybody loves it. 1310 01:23:01,226 --> 01:23:04,854 Tank's only just started doing that without the mask with me 1311 01:23:04,855 --> 01:23:07,148 in the last couple of months. 1312 01:23:07,149 --> 01:23:11,694 Gently over time, he's changed into something 1313 01:23:11,695 --> 01:23:14,615 a little softer and a little more open-minded. 1314 01:23:18,869 --> 01:23:22,246 - A lot of people give me strange looks when they ask me, 1315 01:23:22,247 --> 01:23:24,248 oh, where did you meet your husband? 1316 01:23:24,249 --> 01:23:25,625 I always hesitate. 1317 01:23:25,626 --> 01:23:27,502 They might think, well, why do you want to go 1318 01:23:27,503 --> 01:23:29,795 and celebrate the apocalypse? 1319 01:23:29,796 --> 01:23:31,798 You know, isn't that kind of depressing? 1320 01:23:33,884 --> 01:23:35,968 But it's quite the opposite for us. 1321 01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:40,806 Sometimes when you face the potential end 1322 01:23:40,807 --> 01:23:44,186 you face the ability to celebrate life itself. 1323 01:23:52,319 --> 01:23:54,195 - The whole post-apocalyptic genre 1324 01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:55,905 is I think a positive thing, 1325 01:23:55,906 --> 01:23:58,366 because it means there is a post-apocalypse. 1326 01:23:58,367 --> 01:23:59,660 There is something after. 1327 01:24:00,786 --> 01:24:02,203 - You can be more your own person. 1328 01:24:02,204 --> 01:24:03,621 Like everyday you get up and you go to work 1329 01:24:03,622 --> 01:24:06,374 and you're, you know, you're Joe Schmo in your cubicle job 1330 01:24:06,375 --> 01:24:07,792 being told what to do by your boss 1331 01:24:07,793 --> 01:24:09,919 and you feel like you have no autonomy in your life. 1332 01:24:09,920 --> 01:24:12,964 The end of the world, you're in charge. 1333 01:24:12,965 --> 01:24:16,676 It's easier to feel like you're more important in the waste. 1334 01:24:16,677 --> 01:24:19,971 - Wasteland is very inclusive and people may think, 1335 01:24:19,972 --> 01:24:21,514 oh, only certain people can come here. 1336 01:24:21,515 --> 01:24:23,557 Let me tell you, everybody is beautiful 1337 01:24:23,558 --> 01:24:26,310 and passionate about what they do as far as Wasteland goes. 1338 01:24:26,311 --> 01:24:31,066 - The real world I work for the Port of Los Angeles. 1339 01:24:32,484 --> 01:24:35,278 - I'm a middle school science teacher. 1340 01:24:35,279 --> 01:24:36,612 - Anybody could belong. 1341 01:24:36,613 --> 01:24:41,325 It doesn't matter how old you are or what your background is 1342 01:24:41,326 --> 01:24:44,996 or what country you're from or what language you speak. 1343 01:24:44,997 --> 01:24:47,248 It doesn't matter, I think everybody fits in. 1344 01:24:47,249 --> 01:24:49,750 I think everybody's trying to fit in somehow. 1345 01:24:49,751 --> 01:24:53,004 - I had no idea that there was other people 1346 01:24:53,005 --> 01:24:56,173 as weird as I am, but like I found my family. 1347 01:24:56,174 --> 01:24:57,926 It's like my home away from home. 1348 01:24:58,969 --> 01:25:01,762 We've got people in Japan, Australia, 1349 01:25:01,763 --> 01:25:05,850 Holland, Italy, Ireland. 1350 01:25:05,851 --> 01:25:07,351 - Canada, Mexico. - Scotland. 1351 01:25:07,352 --> 01:25:10,563 - We know there's other groups out there, there's Germans. 1352 01:25:10,564 --> 01:25:12,690 - Oh yeah, the Germans! 1353 01:25:15,902 --> 01:25:20,114 - Our group consists of more than 300 people. 1354 01:25:20,115 --> 01:25:22,784 Prop makers, models, dancers. 1355 01:25:25,287 --> 01:25:27,663 In this rotten and rusty world 1356 01:25:27,664 --> 01:25:32,044 the Cult of Chrome's the cult to achieve something bigger. 1357 01:25:34,755 --> 01:25:36,756 - We all understand the language of survival. 1358 01:25:36,757 --> 01:25:39,050 We all understand the apocalypse. 1359 01:25:39,051 --> 01:25:41,845 - Everybody somehow can relate to Mad Max. 1360 01:26:26,556 --> 01:26:29,476 - There's always a new fan base that rediscovers it. 1361 01:26:30,519 --> 01:26:32,144 And that's where it keeps on growing. 1362 01:26:32,145 --> 01:26:35,272 - When Fury Road came out it gave a real shot in the arm. 1363 01:26:35,273 --> 01:26:38,901 Now we have a new set of inspirational visual things 1364 01:26:38,902 --> 01:26:40,861 that we can play with. 1365 01:26:41,823 --> 01:26:45,241 - Fury Road changed how I look at the whole series. 1366 01:26:45,242 --> 01:26:47,243 - It was at the festival of Cannes, 1367 01:26:47,244 --> 01:26:51,122 so Mad Max gained cultural prestige. 1368 01:26:51,123 --> 01:26:53,791 - Having Furiosa as a strong female character 1369 01:26:53,792 --> 01:26:55,042 that's also disabled, 1370 01:26:55,043 --> 01:26:57,420 it's just really great to see that representation in film. 1371 01:26:57,421 --> 01:27:00,923 - Women can kick arse just as much as men can. 1372 01:27:00,924 --> 01:27:03,717 - When I saw the movie, made me free. 1373 01:27:03,718 --> 01:27:07,638 More Japanese women watched that movie. 1374 01:27:07,639 --> 01:27:11,100 - Max and Furiosa stand their own ground. 1375 01:27:11,101 --> 01:27:13,978 I really liked that balance, that equality. 1376 01:27:13,979 --> 01:27:15,396 - None of us would ever know each other 1377 01:27:15,397 --> 01:27:16,772 if it wasn't for the Mad Max movies, 1378 01:27:16,773 --> 01:27:19,693 if it wasn't for Mad Max and then Wasteland 1379 01:27:20,902 --> 01:27:22,571 we all wouldn't be here right now. 1380 01:27:26,408 --> 01:27:27,950 - Dressing up didn't seem like 1381 01:27:27,951 --> 01:27:30,161 it was ever going to be a thing that I did. 1382 01:27:30,162 --> 01:27:31,537 Now that I'm comfortable doing it 1383 01:27:31,538 --> 01:27:34,498 and I don't feel like a complete doofus 1384 01:27:34,499 --> 01:27:36,918 it is transformative. 1385 01:27:38,628 --> 01:27:41,506 Meeting Tank brought out the doer in me. 1386 01:27:45,260 --> 01:27:49,096 - I think he is a very lucky individual 1387 01:27:49,097 --> 01:27:52,766 to have found something that he is that passionate about. 1388 01:27:52,767 --> 01:27:55,978 Even if people do not understand 1389 01:27:55,979 --> 01:27:59,691 how somebody can be so passionate about a movie. 1390 01:28:01,151 --> 01:28:04,236 - It opened up a world of adventure 1391 01:28:04,237 --> 01:28:07,031 that I otherwise would not have encountered. 1392 01:28:07,032 --> 01:28:12,244 And of friendships and of understanding of other people. 1393 01:28:12,245 --> 01:28:15,831 - A lot of people say, it took me a lot to get out here 1394 01:28:15,832 --> 01:28:18,792 and to be around people 'cause they're not a people person 1395 01:28:18,793 --> 01:28:19,877 or they're an introvert. 1396 01:28:19,878 --> 01:28:21,170 But you know what, they have this passion, 1397 01:28:21,171 --> 01:28:22,546 like I want to do this. 1398 01:28:22,547 --> 01:28:25,132 - There are people that live Wasteland all the time. 1399 01:28:25,133 --> 01:28:27,344 They bought land out near the site. 1400 01:28:28,512 --> 01:28:29,970 - My life has always been, 1401 01:28:29,971 --> 01:28:32,431 if a door opens I'll run through it. 1402 01:28:32,432 --> 01:28:34,475 I've done a lot of really dumb stuff in my life 1403 01:28:34,476 --> 01:28:35,476 because of it. 1404 01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:38,437 But on my death bed, I would lay there and go, 1405 01:28:38,438 --> 01:28:39,438 yeah, I've lived. 1406 01:28:47,989 --> 01:28:50,074 - We can open her up a bit. 1407 01:28:50,075 --> 01:28:51,575 - Whoa, whoa! 1408 01:28:51,576 --> 01:28:52,911 Woo hoo! 1409 01:28:58,708 --> 01:29:02,628 - My general formula for my students is, 1410 01:29:02,629 --> 01:29:05,923 follow your bliss. I mean, find where it is 1411 01:29:05,924 --> 01:29:08,510 and don't be afraid to follow it. 1412 01:29:15,809 --> 01:29:19,646 The influence of a vital person vitalises. 1413 01:29:20,939 --> 01:29:22,732 The world is a wasteland. 1414 01:29:25,819 --> 01:29:27,778 People have the notion of saving the world 1415 01:29:27,779 --> 01:29:31,449 by shifting it around and changing the rules and so forth. 1416 01:29:33,118 --> 01:29:36,495 Any world is a living world if it's alive. 1417 01:29:36,496 --> 01:29:38,289 And the thing is to bring it to life 1418 01:29:38,290 --> 01:29:41,292 and the way to bring it to life is defined in your own case 1419 01:29:41,293 --> 01:29:44,713 where your life is and be alive yourself it seems to me. 1420 01:29:58,935 --> 01:30:02,146 - There was a moment I had climbing up the mountain 1421 01:30:02,147 --> 01:30:07,026 overlooking the Pinnacles where a friend of mine was worried 1422 01:30:07,027 --> 01:30:08,027 and he's like, you know, be careful, 1423 01:30:08,028 --> 01:30:09,486 watch your foot here, let me help you. 1424 01:30:09,487 --> 01:30:14,366 I said, don't worry, this is where I want to die. 1425 01:30:14,367 --> 01:30:17,911 And I mean that, this is, can you imagine a better place 1426 01:30:17,912 --> 01:30:20,915 to call the home for the rest of your existence? 1427 01:30:42,520 --> 01:30:45,022 - One of the requests that I've made 1428 01:30:45,023 --> 01:30:49,068 when my time is eventually up is I've asked my wife, Linda, 1429 01:30:49,069 --> 01:30:51,779 to come out here on a windy day and scatter my ashes 1430 01:30:51,780 --> 01:30:54,198 and make sure they blow all across the plains 1431 01:30:54,199 --> 01:30:56,159 and that would make me a happy man. 1432 01:30:57,452 --> 01:31:01,455 - All the Mad Max fans, they are fans forever, 1433 01:31:01,456 --> 01:31:04,833 until their last day and some of them are going to be 1434 01:31:04,834 --> 01:31:07,711 buried in their car or in some sacred land 1435 01:31:07,712 --> 01:31:09,213 in the wasteland somewhere. 1436 01:31:09,214 --> 01:31:11,840 Me, when my book will be finished 1437 01:31:11,841 --> 01:31:14,886 I will turn the page and move onto something else. 1438 01:31:19,015 --> 01:31:23,644 Now my next dream is to maybe write a book about 1439 01:31:23,645 --> 01:31:26,021 Crocodile Dundee's movie. 1440 01:31:26,022 --> 01:31:30,192 I have a lot of ideas on what maybe the next dreams 1441 01:31:30,193 --> 01:31:34,905 I will fulfill in 20 years, who knows? 1442 01:31:34,906 --> 01:31:36,700 I mean, I don't know. 1443 01:31:40,286 --> 01:31:45,125 - Life is very short in the scale of things. 1444 01:31:48,420 --> 01:31:53,425 And so bite on it, make every day, every hour, every minute 1445 01:31:57,637 --> 01:32:01,182 as intense as can be. 1446 01:32:08,314 --> 01:32:09,481 I never thought one day 1447 01:32:09,482 --> 01:32:13,485 that I would go back to the wasteland 1448 01:32:13,486 --> 01:32:16,740 as maybe the last thing I do.