I got crazy choppers5/10/2023 ![]() He did say in one letter that he wasnt interested in how he saw himself, he wanted to see how someone else saw him. And we started tracking them down, and they started telling us stories about who the guy really was, as opposed to the sort of myth of Chopper.īENNETT: He did always say "Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn". But then we got his arrest docket, which I think is in the back of one of the books, and it listed all the cops whod arrested him. With the film set for re-release in a digitally remastered edition, we asked some of the key players to look back at its making.Ĭhopper was the first feature film for both producer Michele Bennett and writer-director Andrew Dominik, whose collaboration began in Sydney in the early 1990s.ĭOMINIK: It was sort of based on his books, originally. Droll, alarming and strangely compassionate, Chopper quickly established itself as that rare thing, a true cult movie, its reported fans ranging from stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio to actual underworld figures in Melbourne and elsewhere. Why perpetuate the myth of Mark "Chopper", career criminal and self-confessed killer, who was still in jail when he hit the bestseller list in the 1990s with a string of factually questionable memoirs?īut the final product - with a mesmerising lead performance by Eric Bana, previously best-known as a TV comic - was unlike anything that might have been expected. įew Australian films have sparked as much controversy as Chopper, beginning well before it arrived in cinemas in 2000. The filmmakers and cast reflect on the iconic movie 20 years onĭeath threats, a white witch, scared funding bodies and intensity were behind the cult film. To read his book is to read a legend who has become one of Australia's-and now the world's-most unlikely literary success stories. ![]() His story is one of violence, betrayal by trusted friends, and murder. He became a crime commando who terrorized drug dealers, pimps, thieves, and armed robbers on the streets and in jail-but boasts never to have hurt an innocent member of the public. Why perpetuate the myth of Mark "Chopper" Read, career criminal and self-confessed killer, who was still in jail when he hit the bestseller list in the 1990s with a string of factually questionable memoirs?Įric Bana (Actor), Simon Lyndon (Actor), Andrew Dominik (Director)īullied at school and growing up dreaming of revenge, Mark "Chopper" Read determined to be the toughest in any company. Few Australian films have sparked as much controversy as Chopper, beginning well before it arrived in cinemas in 2000.
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