For a movie that features a brutal battle in a metal cage and countless automotive fireballs

Despite a brutal battle in a metal cage and countless automotive fireballs,

Beyond Thunderdome is a Mad Max film to be treasured, thanks to the intricacy of its world-building, its emotional light and shade, Tina Turner’s blazing presence and its sheer haute-’80s bombast.

Costume designer Norma Moriceau on the set of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). 

This is a transcript of an excerpt about George Miller and the making of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, featured in the Australians in Hollywood exhibition at the NFSA, 2022.

This clip comes from a series of behind-the-scenes segments called ‘Close-up’ where we get to know Young Talent Team members and their families.  

Costume designer Norma Moriceau drew on her background in the London punk scene when creating iconic costumes for Mad Max 2 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

The third and fourth Mad Max movies – Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road – were released 30 years apart.

One of model coordinator Dennis Nicholson's crew members is working on a miniature of a Sydney skyscraper in this production still.

Dust and sand are fanned across the miniature set of a ruined Sydney while a camera does a fly-through to film the closing sequences for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.