Mild Peril Video Club : Mad Max (1979) (1981… 2014)
Mad Max (1979) ★★★★★
Mild Peril Video Club, 2nd degree
In my mind this film is inseparable from my taste in music. In every way that it is lo fi, low budget, weird, cheesey, slightly naff but ultimately fucking cool, I love it. If Mad Max 2 is a visual touchpoint for later, heavier industrial music, then the original for me is aligned with the weirder, minimal, synth punk that I’ve always found more appealing. And the hospital scene always reminds me of Throbbing Gristle’s Hamburger Lady.
Mad Max 2 (1981) ★★★★☆
Mad Max: Fury Road (2014) ★★★★★
Alas, the clunky synth score on this trailer is not the actual film score.
Mad Max 2 and Mœbius’ Arzach.