

While Miller delivers a trove of enigmatic central characters throughout Fury Road – see Charlize Theron's Furiosa, Hugh Keays-Byrne's Immortan Joe, and Tom Hardy's Max - even his second- and third-tier characters get their moment in the film's sun-baked vistas. While spectacle is undoubtedly the driving force, character is also a big part of why Mad Max: Fury Road resonates. While the first one didn’t breed initial success, it made enough to warrant a sequel, one that became even more iconic and well known, Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981). The setting and action are the stars, the props and vehicles the supporting cast and the actors merely there to help move it along. In 1979, Australian director George Miller brought the now iconic post-apocalyptic road warrior to life with the film Mad Max. Interestingly, however, Fury Road deviates from its predecessors in one major factor the presence and access to a wide range of armaments. Over-the-top, bleak and dreary landscapes, impossible scenarios and simple dialogue. The 2015 version of the Mad Max franchise, not exactly a sequel, takes the narrative to incredible heights, in terms of both cinematography and subtlety of plot.

We were going to shoot at a string of locations in the desert and in the same venue. This became a necessity after the first run through with the Armada, where they took off. How does production commence on a film as big in scale as Mad Max: Fury Road. We set up three multiplex systems to give me a range of one to three kilometers (about two miles). Our mission was to record dialog and sound effects while constantly in motion. Miller has continued to garner high praise for crafting unflinchingly austere, vividly realized environments with every Mad Max movie, but something clicked in Fury Road that led it to transcend its admittedly familiar post-apocalyptic setup to become a piece of art worthy of all the study, dissection, and discussion that typically accompanies great works. Mad Max Fury Road was everything a post apocalyptic adventure should be. The Traveling Road Show on Mad Max: Fury Road. At first glance, Mad Max: Fury Road appears to be an overmaschuline action flick peppered with images of exploding cars and ridiculous concepts like the Doof warrior, an escape mental patient whose only purpose is to play a flame throwing electric guitar on top a moving vehicle. Even fewer have grown as much in legend and esteem after their initial theatrical run, with many hailing Fury Road as the best film of the 2010s and one of a handful of movies that are practically flawless. In the history of cinema, few films have arrived with quite as much fiery energy and earth-shattering originality as George Miller's post-apocalyptic epic Mad Max: Fury Road.
