Eric Bana on making Chopper: ‘I knew we weren’t creating some kind of violence porn’
Andrew Dominik, director I spent seven years thinking about Mark “Chopper” Read.
Apr 18, 2022
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Andrew Dominik, director
I spent seven years thinking about Mark “Chopper” Read. A violent criminal, Mark was notorious in Australia in a minor way – until he published a series of autobiographies, which is how I heard about him. I believe the first one is the most stolen book in Australian publishing history.
I see it this way: if violence is a problem, you need to understand the violent person, not the victim. The thing about Mark was his stance of regretting nothing, but then he would describe
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