The Making of Mad Max: Fury Road was a Sh*t Show

Absolutely fascinating. I had always thought the tif between Theron and Hardy was diva based, but in that raging heat and not knowing what was in Miller's head, I can see how it fueled the characters into their dislike of each other. I think this is a great example of how a 'shitshow' can be precisely what a project needs to get the kind of raw emotion and action out of a film. I loved Fury Road to begin with, but this has just made me appreciate it way more. Excellent piece you've done here. Kudos

it made me laugh, the idea that the Australian desert was becoming this flower filled paradise and he's just getting madder and madder about it

16:10 “…and questioned if that guitar dude really needed to be in it”. Everyone: "Yes"

Fun fact, the actor who played the bad guy in the original Mad Max movie (the toecutter) Hugh keays-Byrne also played Immortan Joe in Fury Road the two movies are 36 years apart. He died on the first of November 2020, RIP Hugh

OMG!! My brother worked in that film and although you’ve touch many of the main issues, there’s a LOT of things that you probably don’t know. Filming in the Namib desert was a HUGE nightmare especially when you have around 500 locals threatening to burn sets and actually did so. Apparently ,the production team couldn’t care less about the protests of environmentalists and that was enough for them to start a massive boicot which included : burning sets, flying a small plane around to mess with sound and photography… you name it and they did it! Also changes in production schedule EVERY SINGLE DAY, no one knew what they had to do (which is something you’re explaining in this video but only cast wise). They promised that around 1000 locals would work doing this (which was part of the deal with the film commissions) and they kept their promise, but this also was another problem due to the inexperience of some of the people hired. He always talks about this film as THE WORST experience EVER working in production and I believe that The Rise of Skywalker comes second with absolutely no one knowing WTF was happening there, there was a massive rumour around the set that they were adding to the script on the fly and having watched the final product, I have 0 doubts that it was the case. George Miller did a great job anyway, because this is a MASTERPIECE and usually when shootings go through big amount of problems, the movie ends up being SHIT, but it didn’t happen here and I’ve always thought that the editing it’s one of the finest EVER in a film, and I’m talking ANY FILM EVER.

Fun fact: The stunt man for Tom Hardy and stunt woman for Charlize Theron who did the choreography for the first fight scene between Max and Furiosa fell in love on set of this movie and are now married! Despite all the pain the filmmakers went though at least it brought two people closer together. :)

The mad max Franchise literally embodies the phrase “I live, I die, I live again”

The way they edited it so your eye doesn’t have to travel so much is masterful

Miller understands CGI at the core level. It can’t replace reality, it can’t be the focus. It works as a perfect mask for the background details.

So me and a friend caught a very late show of Mad Max: Fury Road fully expecting to fall asleep in the theatre. Right from the start to the end, we were at the edge of seats. Literally, the edge. I returned home at 1:00 am jittery and excited feeling like I had done a few lines of coke. And yes, a couple a days later, I saw the film again! Best action film ever!

One thing that thoroughly impressed me with this film was the fact that I had never seen a mad max film prior to fury road and have never seen one since and yet, fury road is by far one of my favorite films of all time.

I love George's reaction to Tom giving him praise of the highest form at 21:00 and when George shows a bit of embarrassment at such strong words Tom reacts with genuine grace and a simple yet effective, "No, it's true."

The fact that they all left africa w/o a single injury (hard to believe thats absolutely true) is enough to call this a win. A director that was far more interested in his actors safety than finishing a movie quickly deserves respect.

Not only is it a masterpiece, it is a goddamn miracle that it is even made in the first place. Everything that could go wrong went wrong, yet somehow the film still got finished. I love this film so much.

The stubbornness of the entire cast and crew to stick to what they believe for so long through all the ups and downs, and downs, and downs, and then come out of it all with a masterpiece of a film that is Mad Max: Fury Road... Mad respect for everyone involved seriously.

Ever since I heard the “Max in Furry Road is the feral kid from Road Warrior.” Theory, I’ve never changed my mind,and I enjoyed the film even more than before.

Everything about the movie was a sht show - EXCEPT the movie. The movie is damn near a work of art.

Honestly, Miller getting screwed on "Contact" was the best thing that could have happened, because it resulted in two great movies. Zemeckis's "Contact" is a masterpiece in its own right, and "Fury Road" probably would never have happened if Miller hadn't gotten the Mad Max rights back. We're all winners here.

i don't think i've ever seen a movie trailer that looked better than most full movies, until the trailer for fury road. and then the actual movie itself was even better than the trailer. can't remember the last movie that was as satisfying, before or after this one.

It just proves that from intense suffering, pain and existential anxiety comes beautiful art. Miller's Fury Road to me is like the Mona Lisa of action movies...There will be none like it only imitated.