20th December, 2018.
Yes, OK …
Possibly the only hit LP New Musik ever had.
Complete with the only actually hit they had, too: Living by Numbers.
Apparently, the song’s writer, Tony Mansfield — New Musik’s lead singer — was a bit of a fan of The Prisoner.
They really don’t want your name …
~≈§≈~
That possibly beside the point, though.
For one thing?
I’ve been meaning to try my hand at video compositing: as soon as I learnt I could do basic green screen work with
iMovie
, the basic video editing app on the Mac.
I’ve not managed to get the spare bedsheets, green dye, or curtain pole I’d need.
But have worked out that I can use
Keynote
to make a quick animated slide, with a black background …
That I can then manipulate in
iMovie
to produce … well … things like today’s intro movie.
That ‘What Duck’ bit … ?
Is green screened into the movie file …
~≈§≈~
I’m still bloody digressing, aren’t I … ?
Yes: I’ve seen a movie.
A day or two, ago, now, Old Peculiar regular, — and New York Times bestselling author — Debbi Mack, happened to ask if The Babadook was better than Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
I don’t know what I could say, there.
Except it got me thinking.
That I’d not seen Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior for a while: and should possibly sit down with it, again.
But before I did that?
I should watch the original, Mad Max, first.
Guess what I watched, tonight …
~≈§≈~
A notorious motor-cycle gang member, the Nightrider (Vincent Gil) stealing a police car: only to be chased downed and killed by a patrol group from the Main Force Patrol.
Helped by the group star driver, ‘Mad’ Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson).
It’s only when word gets out … ?
That Max is targeted by the rest of the gang: a gang lead by the only slightly psychotic Toecutter† (Hugh Keays-Byrne*).
It’s after one run-in — where Toecutter’s gang go wild in a small town, and Max’s partner, Jim the Goose gets on the wrong end of reprisal attacks — that Max is ordered to take time off: to go on holiday.
You’d expect a simple few days at the beach, with wife and child, would be quiet, wouldn’t you … ?
You would … in another world …
~≈§≈~
Now … good … ?
You know, I’m not sure I say so for sure.
You know, I’m not sure I say so for sure.
I don’t think Mad Max is stunning: but it is entertaining.
And is competently done by a George Miller — the movie’s director — in what, as far as I know, was a first attempt.
Like I say: Mad Max is good, if not stunning: and built a career for both Miller and Gibson, AND kickstarted a franchise that’s one of the world’s best.
Enjoy it, if you watch it.
Mad Max
★★☆☆
* Later to appear in Mad Max Fury Road, as Immortan Joe.
† Urban Dictionary gives us this definition of Toe cutter: which I seem to recall hearing, back in the 70s.
† Urban Dictionary gives us this definition of Toe cutter: which I seem to recall hearing, back in the 70s.
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