The Clean Machine
The Clean Machine is a 1988 Australian tele movie about police corruption starring Steve Bisley. It was one of four telemovies made by Kennedy Miller around this time.
They asked me did I want to make it on 35mm. Now, Ive always wondered whether I made a big mistake by not doing it on 35mm. But I dont think it would have been a success in the cinema. It wouldnt have had the density that it had on television. In terms of big screen, I could not have had the production values the money wouldnt have stretched that far. So I dont know. Theres a turning point. You never know what these turning points mean. But I knew one of the factors was that we didnt have Mel Gibson in the lead. I think Steves terrific in it, but to release it as a movie in that genre, you almost needed Mel or a star.Cameron did say doing the movie revived his career after the box office failure of The Umbrella Woman. ........
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