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We take this movie for granted. What a masterpiece.
Remember how Ebert would sometimes screen a film with an audience and if anyone yelled STOP he'd pause the film and they'd talk about it?
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It would be a real experience to do something similar with "Mad Max: Fury Road".
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It would be a real experience to do something similar with "Mad Max: Fury Road".
In terms of action pieces, the final chase has SO MUCH STORYTELLING IN IT. It's almost criminal how well the choreography, cinematography, stunts and editing all work together.
I'm sure connective moments were "found" in the edit, but a great deal of planning and care was required to create the individual pieces.
These cuts are not random. The edit builds and builds and builds. It's all about momentum. The stakes keep getting higher. And the action is always personal, never clinical or objective. The audience feels the danger.
In any other movie, this many cuts in such a short sequence [including two shots of a hallucination!] would be a crime.
Look at how the sequence is put together. There's no confusion. You know what's happening. This isn't quick cutting solely to simulate energy - it IS energy.
Look at how the sequence is put together. There's no confusion. You know what's happening. This isn't quick cutting solely to simulate energy - it IS energy.
Framing (frequently center framing the action), careful attention to the 180° line, consistent eyelines and cutting precisely when a cut needs to happen allow the audience go along for the ride, rather than bombard them with seemingly random, unrelated shots that don't connect.
I've watched this movie a lot, but I keep learning more about cinema each time I watch it.
All about the film’s cinematography, straight from John Seale and David Burr.
![You never storyboard?<br />
No. The ability to stage well is a skill and a talent that I value above almost everything else. And I say that because there are people who do it better than I'll ever be able to do it after 40 years of active study. 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,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1VPvl3U0AABEkH.jpg)
