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GM7HUD > MADMAX 04.05.03 20:59l 30 Lines 1524 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Well strange as it may seem Ian, the film was made down under. However, as
we have been informed by one knowledgeable Australian there are no deserts
in Australia.
If you buy the extended twin DVD version of Mad Max and watch the "Making
of Mad Max" you can see the trouble the film crew went to in creating
those barren landscapes. They used many matte picture backdrops to give
then sense of isolation but the big problems where with the sand and dirt.
Or the lack of it in Australia.
Most of the sand was flown in from two of the UK's largest beaches at
Margate and Blackpool. In fact a significant amount of the films budget
was spent on transporting the sand down under. Of course once they had the
sand out there they had to keep it dry. As we have been informed by the
same chap Australia's regular, reliable, rainfall would have turned the
sand and dirt into the Southern hemisphere's biggest mudpie. Each night a
team of set dressers covered up the fabricated desert scenery with
enormous polythene sheets to protect the sand from the water. Apparently,
they used similar practices to those seen on very occasional times when it
rains at Wimbledon.
So yes, there is a desert in Australia, but it only exists on a film set.
What I never understood about those films was that if petrol was so
terribly scarce, why did everyone drive around in supercharged V8 cars
doing sub 10mpg performance? But I suppose it would have been hard to take
it seriously if Max had driven a 2CV or SmartCar :-)
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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