After the release of Mad Max, Miller and a former journalist, Terry Hayes, were using a friend's house at Merricks, Victoria as a retreat while working on a new script for a movie called 'Roxanne'. The excruciating editing process - half of which Miller took upon himself - made George Miller realize the amount of mistakes he made and things he would have done differently, which became one of the driving forces behind making Mad Max 2. The long production of Mad Max left Miller so exhausted that after its release he expressed: "I honestly thought I wasn't cut out to make movies". The film eventually became a Cult Classic: fan clubs and "road warrior"-themed activities still occur in the 2000s. The film's comic-book post-apocalyptic style affectionately dubbed "diesel punk" popularized the post-apocalyptic genre in film and fiction writing. Noteworthy elements of the film include cinematographer Dean Semler's widescreen photography of Australia's vast desert landscapes (primarily the Mundi Mundi Plain in Silverton, New South Wales) the sparing use of dialogue throughout the film (which is almost non-existent during the opening and closing scenes) costume designer Norma Moriceau's punk mohawked, leather-bondage-gear wearing bikers and its fast-paced, tightly-edited, and violent battle and chase scenes. Reviewer Richard Scheib stated that Gibson's role could "just as easily be Clint Eastwood's tight-lipped Man With No Name" helping ".decent frightened folk" from the marauding Indians." The film's tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypal " Western" frontier movie motif, as does Max's role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity when he decides to help the settlers. This sequel to Miller's 1979 film Mad Max was a worldwide box office success that launched the career of lead actor Mel Gibson. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior in the U.S., and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller.
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