Every major city has its criminal underworld, but something intrigued and appalled filmmaker David Michod about the landscape of crime in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. More so than in other places, he said, Melbourne seems to have a fascination with turning criminals into celebrities, seeing crooks on the evening news and developing them into stars of reality television and the tabloids. It’s something that bugged Michod for years, and became the basis for his feature debut, Animal Kingdom.
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