Max stumbles upon the only nearby human outpost in the wasteland that remains—the seedy community of Bartertown, founded and nominally run by the ruthless Aunty Entity (Tina Turner).
"Master Blaster" hold an uneasy power-truce with Entity for control of Bartertown; however, Master is beginning to exploit his position with energy "embargoes," challenging Auntie's leadership.
Max moves out to the "Gulag." He is cast out of Bartertown and exiled to the desert wastes. Max is saved by a group of children led by Savannah Nix (Helen Buday). The children, hardened to the desert environment, are survivors (or the children of survivors) of a nearby QANTAS Boeing 747 plane crash, and have formed a sort of tribal community in the sheltered desert oasis in which they live.
Some of the children decide to leave, determined to find "Tomorrow-morrow land," the mythic place they believe their parents left them to find. Max goes after them. He threatens them with his rifle.
There's quite a chase scene through the desert. At the end, we see the much older children living in the ruins of a destroyed Sydney, lit up by thousands of fires and lights. Savannah, the leader of the children, recites a nightly "tell" of their journey. Next movie - 2046.
It's a night for Dystopia. Set in the far future, a huge rail network connects the planet. The world is a vast dystopia, and lonely souls all try to reach a mysterious place called 2046 in order to recapture lost loves. I conk out and wake up again at 8:00. Turn on KUOW. Listen to NPR News. Pad Thai and fried eggs for breakfast. Back to my place. I have a frustrating time trying to copy Mad Max. Walk down to the King County Admin. Blng. to deliver my ballot. Walk down to Uwajimaya. Get some fried shrimp and rice noodles for lunch. Train to Univerisity Station. Get some Geikkeikan sake at the 2nd Ave WSLCB. #106 bus tunnel up to Convention Place. Walk up to #404. Watch movie - Bush's War. FRONTLINE draws on more than 40 reports on Iraq and the war for this series. A rather modest documentary... The human cost of Bush's War: 1 million dead. 4.5 million displaced. 1 million to 2 million widows. 5 million orphans. Frontline focuses on the politics, not much else.
Something a little more light-hearted - movie Auntie Mame. What a fun and crazy aunt!
The words Patrick doesn't understand - Libido, inferiority complex, stinko, blotto, free love, bathtub gin, monkey glands, Karl Marx... is he one of the Marx Brothers?
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