A mad bastard is the person who drags the net in the deep end, where the crocodiles are… brave to the point of being mad. You could say that a mad bastard is also someone who decides to make a film starting with the actors instead of the script. That would be Brendan Fletcher, with his first feature, Mad Bastards.
The seeds of Mad Bastards can be traced back to 1996, when Fletcher first met musicians Alan and Stephen Pigram, as well as the rest of the family music band The Pigram Brothers. In return for a fishing trip in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, he directed a couple of videos for them.
Over the years they developed a strong personal and professional bond, creating documentaries and even a 10-minute drama called Kulli Foot, which aired on the ABC. That project also put them in touch with David Jowsey, an...
The seeds of Mad Bastards can be traced back to 1996, when Fletcher first met musicians Alan and Stephen Pigram, as well as the rest of the family music band The Pigram Brothers. In return for a fishing trip in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, he directed a couple of videos for them.
Over the years they developed a strong personal and professional bond, creating documentaries and even a 10-minute drama called Kulli Foot, which aired on the ABC. That project also put them in touch with David Jowsey, an...
- 5/2/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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