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'Alby Mangels is in a reflective mood as he muses over the absurd ragbag of
ingredients that somehow became his recipe for success.
"I never did anything for cinema, I just did what I wanted to do and what
turned me on," he says.
The 74-year-old adventurer and documentary filmmaker, who created the
World
Safari films and
Adventure Bound TV series of the 1970s and 80s, was a sex
symbol in his own right: all tight shorts and sun-kissed sinew.
At the height of his fame, he even posed nude beside a smouldering fireplace
for a
Cleo magazine centrefold.
These days, he spends most of his time living under an assumed name in a secret
island location, but he still has one more adventure in the works.
"In hindsight, [the
World Safari films] should never have done as well as it
did," he says.
In the hierarchy of understatements, that's like saying that getting lost in
the Sahara Desert in a two-cylinder van was a rather balmy affair, or riding
bareback in an ostrich race could be a tad bumpy – both of which Mangels has
done, by the way.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
