Sometimes, the worldbuilding in a movie is so strong that it can spawn many sequels. When I first saw a Mad Max movie, I wanted to spend as much time in that world as I could. Turns out, so did director George Miller. He's made Mad Max movies consistently since 1979. In that time, he's seen the character evolve, the stories change, and the budgets expand. Now, Miller prepares for the release of Furiosa, his latest journey in the post-apocalyptic future. He sat down with The New Yorker to give a fabulous interview about all things Mad Max. Let's take a peek at some of his best quotes. George Miller's 'Mad Max' Universe So, how did the Mad Max universe come to be? Miller was jsut a guy on a construction site when a brick nearly hit him on the head. After an existential crisis, he enrolled in film school. Miller came to movies with a desire to tell stories with movement. some of his early influences were Bullit, Duel, and the chariot scene in Ben Hur. Still, he calls the best film school possible just making the first Mad Max movie. Miller said, "The best school that I went to was cutting the first Mad Max. It was shot for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It was very ambitious. Everything went wrong. I was completely bewildered by the project. For a year, I was confronted with all the mistakes I made: “Why did I do that? Why didn’t I...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 22 May