How George Miller Shoots Action for the Mad Max Saga

[@absurdistoxymoron]

Refreshing to hear an interview where technical, practical questions are asked instead of the same rehashed ones that every second interviewer asks. Well done!

[@benrosn8154]

Absolute genius it’s honestly quite phenomenal how every man maximum you just see his progression truly great filmmaker I hope we get more Mad Maxs man

[@ruralevent1001]

Jesus did AI write this for you

[@JetSteele]

@@ruralevent1001 You've never seen Man Maximum?!🤣🤣

[@thevoid99]

glad to know that there's a lot of work into practical effects as well as the emphasis on safety.

[@Luschan]

I’ve been rewatching the original movies, and while they’re amazing in their own scrappy way, it really is incredible that he could come back decades later like this. Not only did he make a follow-up that wasn’t bad or embarassing, he came back to completely blow everyone away with something new AND hugely successful. Really truly insane at every angle to you look at it.

[@Winduct]

I could always tell from the orange glasses that he was a genius.

[@TheMovieslingers]

he has a great understanding of where our eyes focus on any given action scene

[@Overdue-Movies]

That first question is such a great one. As I'm completing my stage combat course it's incredible how much pre-planning there is! Love @Letterboxd

[@flexonswole]

Having stage combat training is a an amazing skill to have if you’re blocking a scene

[@andrewpoon9167]

Thank you for asking if he writes the action choreography into the script. I'm sure every director has a slightly different approach but Miller seems to have it figured out pretty well.

[@PatrickHaeslerMusic]

What an incredible interview. So in-depth and considered. It really brought out some great insight and perspectives from Miller.

[@viniciuslima8876]

This interview is so good it made me subscribe. GREAT questions!

[@thedylanconen]

I could listen to him talk about Filmmaking all day.

[@flexonswole]

1. Motivate the action 2. Anticipate the action 3. Point the camera there (preferably with a moving crane)

[@feelsjeffman7787]

“George Miller is my God and the Saga he tells is my Bible” 🙌

[@s7robin105]

I don't blame him worrying about safety given how all those close calls throughout the series. Miller even thought he killed one of the stunt men in Fury Road! I can't imagine what went through his head when he saw the truck crash

[@MrBuketman]

We need to transplant everything George has figured out in his years of film to a worthy apprentice. That or give him a potion to live another 80 years.

[@glimmer3800]

Meaningful anti-aging treatments are not far off. Hang on, George!

[@MrFelipelahm]

furiosa might be 2024's most underrated hollywood film

[@christianholm4725]

Go see this movie twice, and buy the 4K when it comes out!

[@jongodsey8472]

are there demos of the proxy software that he references?

[@flexonswole]

I would love to get my grubby hands on that ToyBox software

[@ilck-ym-blals7385]

I agree ..where the kettle once was is where you put the microwave. T-rex

[@burgesssam]

What's the background music for?

[@traydaniel0403]

I really hope Furiosa gets nominated at the Golden Globe and Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture, and George Miller wins his 2nd & 3rd for Best Director & Producer after his 1st Oscar win for Best Animated Feature Film for Happy Feet 🐧

[@DangerousMuteLunatic]

Okay that's cool, that's something I hadn't considered; the Fallout Thumbs Up is his GUIDE for framing shots. If you can fuck with people's peripheral vision and thread the outskirts with "unnecessary" information that still adds to the story, you're using the whole damn screen, CinemaScope Baybeee.

[@stewyyishim]

this movie doesn't deserve some of the hate its getting, especially on tik tok. actually so sad to see.

[@gimmeaslab55672]

If it is getting hate on TikTok that's a pretty clear indication at the sort of intergity the particular app generates for people in this era of instant gratification culture...not a lot.

[@stewyyishim]

@@gimmeaslab55672 I just don’t understand how a lot of the same people hating on this movie love fury road. Like they’re literally the exact same movies in terms of style. I mean yeah the green screen looks a bit spotty here and there but in the moment you don’t even realize it

[@TucoRope2Tight]

The movie is great, go see it!

[@kreen001]

I've watched almost all of the interviews he's done for this film, and every time he talks about the stunts and wires and rehearsals that were needed for "Furiosa", it's for that one particular sequence with the aerial attack on the war rig. The problem is that it seems to imply that it was the only action scene that was shot that way. And indeed, having watched the film, it looks like the only vehicle-driven stunt sequence that was shot for real on the road, Fury Road-style, is that one sequence. The rest looks like it was CGI.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

George Miller, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve…. None of the best action directors are American! 😄

[@GoodmansGhost]

Well duh, Hollywood in the 70s was playing catch-up with Japan and Italy and they only really achieved good results by snatching up directors from all over the place + spending more money than everyone else, but eventually spending a lot of money on action films became a detriment to them, and now we're back to a world where the US mostly makes garbage action movies.

[@nickgerein9591]

Forgot to clip his pinky nail

[@BonusEggs4Sale]

Another great film/filmmaker falls victim to the capriciousness of the box office

[@stopmotionfrance4938]

If people don't go see Furiosa, I just don't know what they want to see on a big screen. Masterpiece.

[@badrinath110]

SAD

[@morelia619]

More superhero slop

[@YopiYong]

This #JADHUG

[@MrBoost96]

0:49 yeah George i hate shitty marvel endgame/ragnarok/captain marvel movies too

[@jimgrude]

The hell is up with the background music? Horrendous

[@keithurban007]

Somebody should have whispered "well oiled machine", cause George is getting forgetful

[@blindnumber]

778 im win

[@500sotos]

I can't focus on his words, because of the music. Ugh

[@raja-jl9os]

Reporter is so cute

[@jeffw8218]

>With lots of quick cuts so you can't see what's actually happening >With very light props so the female "action stars" can look believable wielding guns >With stunt drivers so the actors don't have to worry about driving and acting at the same time. >With stunt rigs so the actors aren't the ones who are actually driving the cars >With lots of CGI to pad the parts that would be too difficult to actually film in camera

[@jeremiahmarkusmedia6915]

Play a drinking game where you take a shot every crane zoom on the actors eyes, and you’d be shitfaced by the first 15 min.. I think he the action was overproduced and over rehearsed

[@lewismartin4306]

All this new tech… but films are less immersive and less interesting .

[@celiam.4940]

I've not found that to be true with Furiosa, the atmosphere is incredible

[@motor4X4kombat]

to me is more inmersive than the avatr film, at least it dosn't preach you with a sappy enviroment message

[@lewismartin4306]

All the clips from this film look ai generated