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Originally Posted by catdogbluestar
yes and I love that movie

though" beyond thunder dome" was my fav out of the three
and I guess the little kid in the road warrior was cool to but that was a british co. that made that one though I think all three were shot in Australia hummmm I dont really know
I don't care Captain Walker....those movies I can watch over and over.

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i don't really know much Australia movies but i'll say this
My favourite Director that graduated and took film class in Australia is

Ryuhei Kitamura (a japanese director who directed the B Cult Classic VERSUS)

and James Wan (the director of saw)



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Originally Posted by fireyhope
My favourite Director that graduated and took film class in Australia is
Ryuhei Kitamura (a japanese director who directed the B Cult Classic VERSUS)
He did? I didn't know that. I am a fan of his work - Azumi especially.



Romper stomper is in my top 5 movies of all time... i think i'm still in love with danny pollock, (R.I.P)

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i agree.
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I've never seen Romp Stomper



Anything by Weir and Miller.
The Sum of Us
Early pre-LOTR Peter Jackson, Dead Alive aka Braindead made me laugh till I puked, or was that the other way around?
Romper Stomper
Once Were Warriors (Jango!!!!)
'Breaker' Morant



Originally Posted by kaya_delphyne
Romper stomper is in my top 5 movies of all time... i think i'm still in love with danny pollock, (R.I.P)
One of the most amazing things about that film was the way it portrayed the Skinheads with an air of likeability even though the acts they commit and the philosophy behind it is morally repugnant. They were treated as people not caricatures, and thier actions were more evil, not less, as a result.



Originally Posted by Othelo
Early pre-LOTR Peter Jackson, Dead Alive aka Braindead made me laugh till I puked, or was that the other way around?
Once Were Warriors (Jango!!!!)
These are New Zealand movies
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There's a few movies here I haven't seen and will need to check out. A few good Australian films are:

Head On



Candy




Chopper



Wolf Creek

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My top 5 (well...kinda....):


5. Crocodile Dundee
Okay, I know this is prolly the 1st film that many non-Aussies think of when the term "Australian movie" comes up, & I wouldn't even have mentioned it, but....
When I first read this topic, I seriously didn't think that I would be able to muster up a top 5 films list in the manner that I've becomed accustomed to. Then I realized, even tho the only part that I can remember from this flick is Linda Kozlowski in a thong, that memory was all I needed to like this movie enough to include it as an entry for the traditional type of Top 5 list that I usually post.
And if that seems like an insubtantial reason to reply to this thread,
fail free to cri'size me if ya will, moyt, ...oy can toik it (fough ya' buncha boy-Sheilas moight risk bringin' a tear ah two t' me oiyes).




4. Dead Calm
A movie involving a sinking ship with Billy Zane as a villainous villain who terrorizes another man's woman. However, this film was not directed by James Cameron.




3. Babe
An Australian talking pig.
Take out the Australian part, & what you've got, is my last girlfriend. ('Ey, who do I talk to about having a "ba-dum-tish!" emoticon installed around here, anyway?)




2. Muriel's Wedding
Actually, the only reason this is on my list is cuz ...well...I really like ABBA's music.
And sayin' that does not make my pimp-ass any less hairier.
So, you know....
shut up.




1. Mad Max 2


A bad-ass lead character, a feral wolf-boy and his boomerang, a "junk-yard" fortress, an ayatollah of rock-n-rolla, a kick-ass car-chase, "streetwise" Australian accents, & more S&M costumes than a German hardcore porn video (or so I heard...).
Everything you need to make a solid thrill-ride of a post-apocalyptic action movie.

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No, nebb, what I meant was I don't have one. I mean, obviously there must be one I like above all the others, but I'm struggling to think of one because I really don't like Australian films.



Breaker Morant, Gallipoli, Muriel's Wedding--they were all interesting stories. There was also an Australian film whose title I don't recall about an Australian military unit made up of men from the same area who go off to World War I and end up in Turkey (as happened in Gallipoli) and were captured and then killed while prisoners. It was like all the able-bodied men from this one village or county were wiped out, and years later no one was quite sure what had happened to them. Very interesting film.