An informative, relaxed chat between director Dr George Miller and Dean 'Deano' Semler that as Semler puts it, has come many years late. The track seems to be geared towards the US market (hey, if its called Road Warrior and is introduced by Leonard Maltin how can it not be) and it is packed with anecdote and observation. Semler and Miller get technical often and talk about lenses, hand held (they had no Steadicam), working during magic hour, but will often also talk about the (almost) completely exterior location shooting, getting rushes 2 days later and Miller identifies many of the actors (Arkie Whiteley who passed away, Humungous was a Swedish Mr. Universe, Mike Preston was a boxer, even Syd Halen!). They speak at length about young Emil Minty who plays the Feral Kid and Semler remembers the classic line that the crew used to say "When is Emil not Emil, when he's a Minty" (you have to be Australian to get it!). Miller sometimes gets his stories wrong, but at least it confirms the chat wasn't scripted or edited! They discuss multi-skilling within Australian crews at that time and Miller goes on to comment how New Zealand seems to be that way at the moment - he refers specifically to Richard Taylor, who runs the costume, makeup and visual effects departments at Weta (Side note, I noticed Andrew Lesnie, DP on the Lord Of The Rings films, was the documentarian cameraman on this film). Miller also name drops Joe Dante, as Dante commented (presumably during the making of Twilight Zone The Movie?) on the constantly changing light levels and cloud cover during the final chase sequence.

Not a bad commentary by Miller & Semler, they reveal many things about the production that I didn't know & I've been a fan of the movie for about 20 years. It was cool to hear how the costumes were designed (the designer raided sports & S&M shops for anything she could get her hands on) & the talk about the location shooting in the middle of nowhere Australia was interesting too. If I had one criticism, it's that Miller & Semler nearly put me to sleep; their voices are lethargic & though they're excited to do a commentary, I wish they would show some more enthusiasm! However, I'll take this track for now since it & a decent edition of this film were both long overdue.