The Evolution of the ‘Mad Max’ Movies in 3 Minutes
This side-by-side comparison of the first four Mad Max movies gives you a look at George Miller’s favorite things.
Furiosa has started filming with Anna Taylor Joy in the lead role. Folks are reporting that they’ve seen a bunch of bikes on set, which lines up with the first official synopsis.
“As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.”
We won’t get an official look at it for at least another year. Thankfully there are four other Mad Max movies to watch.
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George Miller is a world builder. He throws an audience into a place – with no maps – and hits the gas. In 1979’s Mad Max, he introduced audiences to a world where society has crumbled and crime is rampant. Murder is the norm and gas is scarce. The first film’s budget ($350k US) made it difficult to really bring the post-apocalyptic highways to the screen, but they did it. Some of the stories about making it are completely insane. It set a very high bar for low-budget action films.
Road Warrior and Beyond the Thunderdome expanded that universe with bigger budgets (someone has to pay for all of these cars). and better technology, but it took another 30 years for movie making to catch up. Fury Road’s large budget and new filmmaking tech allowed it to really show the expanse and horror that is Max and Furiosa’s world.
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High Octane Comparison
This comparison video by Pablo Fernández shows the evolution and themes in the entire series, backed by Junkie XL’s score. You can see where the budget limited the story and how color grading has changed movies. Fury Road is saturated compared to the trilogy. Its shots are wider and more controlled. But the characters are just as crazy and outlandish.
Click that full-screen button, throw on some headphones, and crank it…
