Director Warwick Thornton on the genius of Chopper
Andrew Dominik's dramatisation of the life of one of Australia’s most notorious criminals, Mark “Chopper” Read, became as legendary as the underworld figure himself, portrayed by a barely recognisable Eric Bana.
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