Mad Max: Fury Road
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- i_monk3
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Soderbergh on Fury Road:
I just watched Mad Max: Fury Road again last week, and I tell you I couldn't direct 30 seconds of that. I'd put a gun in my mouth. I don't understand how [George Miller] does that, I really don't, and it's my job to understand it. I don't understand two things: I don't understand how they're not still shooting that film and I don't understand how hundreds of people aren't dead.
I could almost see that's kind of possible until the polecat sequence, and then I give up. We are talking about the ability in three dimensions to break a sequence into a series of shots in which no matter how fast you're cutting, you know where you are geographically. And each one is a real shot where a lot of things had to go right. I'm going to keep trying; I'm not going to keep trying in the sense that I'm going to volunteer to direct the next Mad Max movie. I'm going to keep trying in the sense that when I have sequences that demand a certain level of sophistication in terms of their visual staging, I'm going to try and watch the people who do it really well and see if I can climb inside their heads enough to think like that.
But he's off the chart. I guarantee that the handful of people who are even in range of that, when they saw Fury Road, had blood squirting out of their eyes. The thing with George Miller, it's not just that, he does everything really well. The scripts are great, the performances are great, the ideas are great. He's exceptional. I met him once for about 30 seconds at the Directors Guild Awards in Los Angeles the year of Fury Road. But you don't want to say that stuff to somebody's face; it's embarrassing.
- Does it matter what this person says when I truly enjoyed the movie? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯pango
- he's praising itscarabin_net
- Wait what?pango
- Well I stand by my statement! I'm not a sheep! I have my own opinion!!pango
- His points a valid. How he broke down the cameras/staging/edit... etc was fucking colossal. It's what film making was and should be.mugwart
- ^ indeed, the whole film screams at you from the opening minute and doesn't stop. Miller is never given enough credit for his ingenuity.face_melter
- It was a mind blowing film, he hit the nail on the head, still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen_niko
- It was so orange. Got very tiresome and old.CygnusZero4
- But this is high praise from him bc he is an exceptional visual director himself.CygnusZero4
- His oceans movies look really great.CygnusZero4
- cannonball19784
- Praise Darwini_monk
- dead yet?Milan
- What was that anyways?bainbridge
- Chrome paint, huffed so they'd be out of their minds when they die.i_monk
- chrome represent godliness to that group of people, as they are an engine-worship community, and it is part of their martyrdom and entrance into Valhalla.monospaced
- lol, i didnt know you were religious mono. damn bro..yurimon
- wow, you really are retarded if that's what you gleaned from my commentmonospaced
- he's retarded regardlessi_monk
- _niko3
finally got around to seeing it. Here's my review:
Balls out.
- I wait for to come out on Snap Chat.utopian
- copy for the Blue Ray Cover - "Balls Out Ride" QBN contributer Nikohotroddy
- lol_niko
- FANG ITcannonball1978
- i_monk1
- Nice details.DRIFTMONKEY
- When I saw the Interceptor flip I knew this was going to be a proper Mad Max film. The other details are a great touch.face_melter
- Wow, a car flipping over, what a sharp reference.bainbridge
- Flipping the same way, on the same side, with the same dust effect.i_monk
- maybe its the same car thenCygnusZero4
- The gun/handcuff thing is also a reference to the first MM, with the handcuff and hacksaw.i_monk
- Gardener0
- This is what made it into a cartoon for me.ArmandoEstrada
- I thought it fit the whole thing perfectlyernexbcn
- That was awesome.sea_sea
- War parties have been doing variations of this for a long time. Given what they have to work with, totally cool with meBrokenHD
- absolutely LOVED this aspect of it. Served as appropriate score, but in the film it works as intimidation tactic, as well as moral booster.dopepope
- i cringed when this scene came on. i couldn't watch any more of this shitMilan
- scarabin2
- One of the best little things that goes unnoticed... Max kept his "blood bank" cord (on his shoulder) which is nice because in this world...kona
- one would keep everything and anything of value. I thought it was a nice touch.kona
- ya noticed that as well.pango
- sure worked for him in the endscarabin
- for her you mean...pango
- yeahscarabin
- antimotion2
Saw it last night - it is absolutely bonkers - loved it!
These older cats like George Miller just know how to frame, edit and simply move a story along.
I think many newer productions lean too much on CGI to tell the story and in a sense lose their initial ideals for a film - they become a visually focused piece instead of melding story, character and visual together.
I thought MM was a wonderfully fully realized product - edge of the seat action with feminist and religious undertones set in a chaotic desert of humanity's own doing.
Bring on Mad Max 2 George - can't wait.
- fourth0
Haven't seen it, it's coming soon on HBO. can't wait
- Out on Betamax next month!utopian
- dat laserdisc bro http://i.imgur.com/U…imbecile
- i saw the faxed versionGnash
- bezoar0
- WITNESS!!!!ApeRobot
- MEDIOCORE!!!DRIFTMONKEY
- Ha! no lovebezoar
- bklyndroobeki1
- omfg u guisescarabin
- don't tell me you didn't laugh.bklyndroobeki
- no, this was the best thing i'd seen all dayscarabin
- lol right!bklyndroobeki
- jasontroj0
Such a brilliant movie.
But even better are the people posting questions and comments on Amazon.