SIFF 2015 Weekend in Review: There's More to Australia Than Mad Max

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Slow West opens 5/22 at Sundance Cinemas.

Kathy Fennessy on May 18, 2015 at 1:09 PM

Oh, no! Sounds like it's going to open *and* close during SIFF, just like Dead Man, 20 years ago (which I also skipped at SIFF because it was opening soon.)

ratzkywatzky on May 18, 2015 at 1:33 PM

@3 Ha! Good/unfortunate comparison. Dead Man from the balcony of the Egyptian remains one of my favorite SIFF memories.

Kathy Fennessy on May 18, 2015 at 1:57 PM

Just to be clear, the new Mad Max was not shot in Australia. It was filmed in Namibia.

eclexia on May 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM

The best film ever made in Australia is Wake In Fright.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkER6haC…

But I'm watching a good one now about the "camel lady" called Tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJCKokHl…

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on May 18, 2015 at 4:43 PM

@4 Mad Max: Fury Road was filmed in Australia, Namibia and South Africa, and George Miller remains Australian no matter where he goes. @5 I've written about both Wake in Fright and Tracks for The Stranger. Definitely a fan of both.

Kathy Fennessy on May 18, 2015 at 5:47 PM

Wish that they'd reserved more time for the Atticus Ross interview! I would have loved to hear more about which versions of Wilson's hits made it into the film -- or whether some of them were new mixes from the deep archives.

Josh Bis on May 18, 2015 at 7:20 PM

@7 Agreed. I ran into Adam at another screening, and he said Ross was more talkative before they hit the stage. His answers weren't bad, but they weren't very specific either.

Kathy Fennessy on May 18, 2015 at 11:58 PM