The Making of Mad Max: Fury Road was a Sh*t Show
Making one movie over a decade is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mad Max: Fury Road, from its numerous delays that started in 1998 with Mel Gibson, to the risking life in limb stunts in the unruly deserts of Africa that caused Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy to nearly kill each other.
💸 | Support us! / itwasashtshow
🔗 | Follow us! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
👕 | Buy our merch! www.teepublic.com/user/itwasa...
In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Origins of Mad Max & George Miller
01:30 - The Cultural Impact of the Mad Max Trilogy
03:31 - George Miller Tries to Leave Mad Max Behind
04:23 - What is a MacGuffin?
05:22 - The First Failed Mad Max 4
06:33 - Happy Feet & Justice League of America
07:25 - Mad Max 4: Fury Road Becomes a Reality
08:44 - Fury Road's Desert Turns into a Garden
09:57 - A Nerve Racking, Dangerous Production
11:55 - Filming Fury Road without a Script
13:37 - Feuding Cast: Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy
14:56 - Warner Bros Shuts Down Production
16:16 - George Miller & Fury Road's Second Chance
17:27 - Master Class in Editing & VFX
19:30 - Mad Max: Fury Road Releases May 15, 2015
Sources:
Ain’t It Cool News: bit.ly/3pFSOdc
bit.ly/3aoh8JR
Australian Screen: bit.ly/2YwK7G3
Box Office Mojo: bit.ly/2Me0mFD
The Daily Telegraph: bit.ly/3tc1nyl
Entertainment Weekly: bit.ly/2MHjSdg
Esquire: bit.ly/2NPfk57
The Hollywood Reporter: bit.ly/36soxXq
bit.ly/39yrV5e
IndieWire: bit.ly/36xwXNw
MTV: on.mtv.com/3oBDpsW
New York Post: bit.ly/3pFNo1y
New York Times: nyti.ms/3cnG6vM
Rotten Tomatoes: bit.ly/36uBkcd
Variety: bit.ly/2YzpqsU
The Wrap: bit.ly/3ajB6pe
Featured Footage:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Bronson (2008)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Contact (1993)
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Fallout 3 (2008)
Family Guy (1999 - )
The Hangover (2009)
Happy Feet (2006)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (1984)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005 - )
Justice League (2001-2004)
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and special features
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and special features
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and special features
Waterworld (1995)
What Women Want (2000)
Australian Screen: aso.gov.au/people/George_Mill...
CBS News: • Mel Gibson Threatens t...
Festival de Canne: • MAD MAX -conference- (...
iloura: vimeo.com/152659670
Oscars 2007: • "Happy Feet" winning B...
Oscars 2016: • "Mad Max: Fury Road" w...
• "Mad Max: Fury Road" w...
• "Mad Max: Fury Road" w...
Roy Hessey: • Desert Wildflowers Aus...
Wired: • Mad Max Fury Road: Cho...
Music:
David Schwartz - Face Blindness (L&M)
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
Tom Holkenborg - Mad Max: Fury Road (Original Soundtrack)
#madmax #itwasashtshow #WTFHappenedToThisMovie
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
Thanks for watching!
@@ItWasAShtShow here from the Ghostbusters 2016 review and anyone who has seen the women from SNL, there good performers and needed a better script, it was dumb, it was so dumb. Paul Feig was OFFICE Alumni and had no excuse since i did his other movie, Last Christmas, corny but much better. yeah it really is a shit show and the Afterlife managed to save it for a moment.
@@carlosrivas1629 Thank for your entirely unrelated word salad you've contributed. Again, you're continued comments across our channel help our SEO. So... thanks!
@@ItWasAShtShow wow a critic who hates criticism, imagine my shock. 🤣🤣
@@ItWasAShtShow its for Ghostbuster 2016 since you shut down comment sections like a true Fascist.
16:10 “…and questioned if that guitar dude really needed to be in it”. Everyone: "Yes"
The guitar dude may just have less than 2 mins of screen time, but he's definitely fits on what makes the movie memorable.
everyone remembers the guitar guy. he an awesome visual that really hypes you up for the movie. thats why it was always in the trailers
The movie will be incomplete without the Doof Warrior. I remember in the theater, everybody's jaw dropped to the floor when the guitar dude was first introduced as the camera pans to him playing solo while an orcheastra of drummers play the war song .
Wtf , is that even a question?
@@johanandhira5429 He completely sells the entire culture of the war boys and Immortan Joe.
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
Shoulda gone beyond the Mundi Mundi plains to the Badlands, WA or the NT. A scene with a pit of King Brown snakes (Inland Taipan), the world's deadliest snake by a mile would have been appropriate. No need to color the desert with a red tone either.
On one of Billy Connolly's tours of Australia he was unable to attend a local boat race. As for once in hundreds of years it had water in it. Usually the boat race is conducted by teams of 5 guys running with a rowing boat on their head down a dusty former river bed. Australia. The only continent where everything is trying to eat everything.
"Damn this blasted oasis of life!"
I’d be pissed too, the one time in decades it rains and rains so much that even years later he still can’t shoot his movie. I’d start feeling like the universe had a personal grudge after that
This reminds me of F1 and the Qatar and Las Vegas races. Qatar was so hot that the drivers were puking in their helmets. Las Vegas was cold at night and no one thought to do research on the weather and thus didn't know how cold things would get. 😂
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
May he ride eternal, shiny and chrome, to the gates of Valhalla!
@@bassage13 Hi-Fi Rush
@@creepcat03WITNESS
@@BrosepherStoned I witnessed him!
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 agree with this!
Yup, Contact was a very good movie but it was Zemeckis' touch all over it
Sometimes things fail for the best.
Miller also made ''Babe 2 - Pig in the City"
@@ModMax69 And he wrote and produced the original Babe. I've always thought that was such a strange juxtaposition in films.
The mad max Franchise literally embodies the phrase “I live, I die, I live again”
And from concept to release almost embodied the phrase “You shall ride eternal”.
Also every time i watch a Mad Max movie, i always be like "WHAT A DAY, WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!!!!"
You literally used the word "literally" wrong.
@@HarryBuddhaPalm sorry I apologise
_"WITNESSED!!"_
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.
Especially since he didn't want to do the aerial parts as practical effects since he thought it was too dangerous. It wasn't until he got into contact with Cirque de Soleil that they figured out how to do it for real.
@@nubreed13 wow! Didnt knew that, thanks!
Even the little old ladies did their own stunts, in their mid 70s, without injuries
Thats the man you can trust your life on his hands without question.
The resident evil team should have taken notes
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."
It’s a very small, special moment.
he could have done that privately but choose to do it publically, shows what a good guy tom hardy is, probs figured he embarrassed him publicly on set so should apologise like that too
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.
ya furry road reminds me of the original star wars, how it was saved in the editing room, also both are films that have women editors which is kinda rare in hollywood.
@@frailvoid5844 And both editors were wives of the directors.
Pretty funny that people would fly around in small planes and set fires to the sets as a form of environmental protest. At that point they’re only adding to the pollution and extending the production time
@@xraymind two beings so completely engrossed in and dedicated to creating a unified vision is more powerful than just one I guess?
Lol @ Islamophobia. Look at Europe and see what happens when you let Muslims do as they please. Humble thyself.
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. :)
It's doof warrior and one of the Immortan joe's captives right?!?!
@@googlelord1678 tf you mean cringe
@@googlelord1678 no bitches🤨?
@@googlelord1678 no bitches 🤨
@@kgb976 thank you for making me laugh.
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!
This was the first film I saw opening weekend since the Jackson Kong. Was fucking awesome I saw it 4 times in theaters and yes, it really did make you feel like you had just done a bunch of stimulants and wanted to go do something.
You know how people sometimes compare movies to a rollercoaster ride? Well, they have been wrong every single time except for once, because this is truly the only film that makes you feel like you just spent a day at an actual amusement park.
Witness this!
Best description of this movie ever EXACTLY Harshal Anand! Mad Max Fury Road is a Masterpiece
Duuuude, i came out of the cinema so frikking thirsty, i could not get enough water next two hours hahahah
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.
you need to watch all 4 movies to see how max became that fucked up in a first place
@@dontshoot7665 Gonna be 2 more
@@OskarasNauseda see you in 34 years
@@vaterstaat4468 wich comment are youre replying to if its movie coment 1 is being filmed right now
@@OskarasNausedasee you in 34 years tool bag!
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.
I was commenting to agree with you but in trying to remember other movies of this style, I remembered that he directed two fully CG animated movies…
Aaahhhh… I’ll give him a pass for the Happy Feet films. They’d be tough to create using real penguins. For me, the issue always arises from the disconnect between the real and the unreal. If everything is understood to be unreal from the jump off, it’s not as jarring.
Yeah proper blending of cg in with practical effects and careful staging is what makes the difference. Just the fact that every car is doing 70 in filming really shows. Especially compared to movies like fast and furious
Though in this case, the vehicles are pretty far out of reality, especially for a post apocalypse setting, that suppose to happened in like 1980, and in Australia, honestly the more that I think of this the worse the film gets
@@nickrustyson8124 Yeah, you have to play fast and loose with the film’s fictional reality. It’s essentially Road Warrior mixed with the important parts of Thunderdome plot wise. Not to mention Max morphin from an average build male to a monster in a post apocalyptic world. (“Australia’s last GNC warehouse, and it’s full! I’m saved!”)
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.
"everything that could go wrong went wrong" true, except for the fact there was 0 injuries. that was a fucking miracle no one saw coming haha
This is an action movie that only George Miller could make, he's an old school filmmaker, lived in the era where in his early career that action movies doesn't use shaky cam and quick cut editing. If this was handed to someone else, i would imagine they would try to copied off the Bourne quick cut editing and made it worse, glad that Miller took the right lesson in making a competent action movie
@@PopCornJamie 0 injuries and yet there's still some tension going on between Miller, Charlize and Tom lol
I too, love this movie.
honestly, the last great action film Hollywood has produced. Actually this film is an all time classic
One of the really interesting things, to us Australians at least, was the use of our own slang as well as a sorta made-up slang that reminded me of A Clockwork Orange. There's something really special about hearing words from your own country used in a huge block buster. I'm really glad those weren't cut to make it more accessible to foreign audiences. I believe Mad Max 5 is currently being filmed near Broken Hill and Chris Hemsworth is the new Max. And yes, when it rains in the outback, you would not believe how it comes to life.
What are some examples of this slang? The movie has some unique language and I would love to know how much was created from scratch and how much was actually existing Australian slang.
@@NawafKhan when Furiosa honks the truck and says 'We fang it', I believe thats Australian slang to basically 'hit the gas'
@@NawafKhan Schlanger means d*ck
@@acorr14 aussie here, literally never heard of the word "schlanger"
@@patrickhector bastardisation of schlong. C'mon bud, learn some strayan
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.
Everything about the movie was a sht show - EXCEPT the movie. The movie is damn near a work of art.
You need to get off the spray paint my guy the movie was god awful.
@@TheAnimale Opinions are like…you.
@@webcityguymyclubb4032 Truth be told, the 1st time I watched this movie with my friends, I didnt like it and nearly slept. But on another watch, when I had trouble falling asleep, I couldnt sleep at all, I understood the movie, like those werent meaningless action sequences.
@@TheAnimale Lmao what is a "good" movie for you.
@@TheAnimale nvm you prolly thought morbius was the best move of the century😂😂
The fact that the production faced so much adversity and yet managed to become such a successful film is a testament to all the creatives involved, including George Miller and its two principals --- Theron and Hardy.
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.
Furry lol
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.
One of the best movies I have ever seen! The Force Awakens and Age of Ultron were supposed to be the best blockbusters of 2015. And I like both of those films, but NOTHING that year came anywhere close to Fury Road. It’s a master class in filmmaking.
yes. It definetly wasnt MEDIOCRE!
The Force Awakens is one of the worst movie ever made! Same for Ultron...
The Force Awakens and Age of Ultron were both trash, Fury Road is far superior to both of them.
@@stephanemignot100 You need to watch more movies
@@TooCooFoYou I'm old, done that. A ratio money spent vs quality of you prefere. I'm old, I grew up watching good movies, blockbusters or not. Disney, all studios suck, except Pixar, crappy jokes, fan service, stupid script, when there is one etc...
When I heard about this film I thought to myself ‘oh great, another waste of time and money’ till I watched it. Boy was I wrong. This film is one of the most entertaining and beautiful to ever be made. Just an astonishing beauty.
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.
After seeing this movie for the first time I was walking out off the theatre and while thinking about the movie I asked my wife, "I wonder how many stunt men were killed making that". I just couldn't believe the stunts and wondered how they did all those.
AAGH! I'm so glad you mentioned the brilliance of the editing!!! I genuinely think Fury Road is one of the best made films of all time. Because of the direction, cinematography and editing! I honestly think this film should be dissected in film schools. The first time I watched it, I loved it but wasn't entirely sure WHY. So I immediately ran it a second time, this time with the sound off and some classical music playing. And then it was clear. I realized that the thing was edited like a music video. There must be 40-50 edits per minute. Yet it wasn't confusing because there was a flow that carried across the cuts. You might have a car moving to the left in one shot and in the next, a person, bird or some other thing would carry that movement forward and then something else in the shot after that would pick it up. Or the camera movement would match across cuts that were likely shot months apart. It was like a freaking ballet! And no matter how insane the chaos got, *somehow* my eye was always directed to the exact spot it needed to be to catch that split second clue that held the visual narrative together. I was in awe. I like to contrast it with the first Transformers movie, which is an unwatchable, incomprehensible, eye-gouging shit show. In that thing, whenever there was action, I had literally zero idea WTF I was even looking at. It was an incomprehensible jumble of crap and movement. The fact that Fury Road won Oscars actually restored my faith in the institution. This thing is a legit masterpiece of filmmaking.
Agree. But I also think the story and characters are very well done. Can't describe why, I don't know shit, just saying
George Miller Should have won best director, period. I will always be bitter about this, a masterpiece like this will never come again, doubt if George miller will do another, this opportunity is a one in a lifetime.
The writing is brilliant world building. These characters and their factions are all worked out, but then it's 'show, don't tell' in the finished product.
the characters are actually incredible though
@@stevewik2280 did you not hear the part of the video where the director literally has pages and pages of backstory for every character? Or did you bother to read any of the related comic books specifically about the characters? Or did you just watch a movie and go "I think they dont grow enough so they're write offs?" Because I'm pretty sure we can tell which one.
I also distinctly remember sitting in the theater, looking over to my father and sharing a look that said, 'I can't breathe! This is SOOOO intense!' The movie equivalent of a rollercoaster, just pure adrenaline-fueled fun.
Back in 2015, after the storm scene the ENTIRE, choke-full theatre fell dead-silent. Not a single phone pushing, or popcorn-rattling or hushed talkin. Everyone was in AWE, with all caps. The only time I've experienced such was at Nolan's Interstellar when Coop returned to watch his messages after the giant waves.
I worked my most favorite job when this movie came out. I worked at my local movie theater where I served people their food and drinks in the theater. I was rarely distracted by any movie but when Mad Max was on, it every scene was mesmerizing. I miss that job.
This is my 3rd or 4th time watching this video and every time it just makes me appreciate the film even more, solidifying it as one of my all time favourites. Thanks for your hard effort to put this together!
Glad you enjoyed it… multiple times.
I keep telling my older brother that this is now my favorite Mad Max film, and he just won't believe me. He'll understand if he ever gets around to finally watching it.
Whaaaaa!!! The trailer doesn't sell it to him? The soundtrack, the screenshot?
Totally with you on this
No one else will watch with me yet. I went into it knowing nothing and was hooked the second they started driving. I guess its just one of those that you have to sit down to watch on your own.
Just tie him up on the front of your car and make him watch it.
@@alexandrebeaudry1038I am the brother and this movie is trash bruhhh! I am 12 years old and many people call me one of the smartest guys in my state!!!
It speaks to the strength of Miller's vision that it even survived the endless barrage of setbacks, second-guessing, and studio interference not only intact but as a bona fide masterpiece. There is no other film like it, before or since, and in some ways it's made the big spectacle blockbusters of our time fade deep into the background like half-forgotten dreams.
People who worked on this movie went through hell and brought us a masterpiece, mad respect
I cannot fathom the waiting. What a result. This movie never feels old. Its been seven years and every-time it's on, I feel like it's a brand new release and I can't wait to watch it. Bravo Also excellent video on the subject.
Your name is Z Reviews and I have yet to see you review the both the letter Z or the Nissan 350Z
Kind of amazing how often studios intervene with narrative changes and messing with a creator's vision all the while having a perfect record of NEVER making a project better, ever.
Well, I doubt we hear much about when they get it right. It’s not a good story. “Corporate overlords interfere and make world better” isn’t a very compelling headline. Also: it would be really hard to know. If they force some terrible idea to be left out, we never see the terrible idea. We only ever see the version without the terrible idea. But yes, in most cases, it’s bad for them to meddle.
@@piedpiper1172 They changed the ending of Terminator 2 and it was a good call, for example.
Without studio interference the first star wars trilogy would have been a mess......
@@lanalan4157explainq
Okay thats a bit silly. Yes its bullshig when studios intervene with the narrative, but also there’s absolutely countless cases of studios (in the past) balancing out insane pitches to a workable degree, making it practical, getting it to work within budget constraints. Alien wasn’t made good becuz Dan O’Bannon’s outlandish pitch, but thanks to the studio and the screenwriters brought on alongside Ridley Scott to make something workable. I mean its easy to dismiss studios cuz of stories like Star Wars where they know jackshit and yeah thats true, but then u have pitches like Frank Miller’s Robocop or Jodorowsky’d Dune that are just unsalvageable insane ideas, fun and interesting but utterly unfilmable. Studios used to be pretty decent at working to make a script come alive
Great memories, thanks for this.
Oh I see you! You're gonna need to elaborate!
@@ItWasAShtShow you've already encapsulated a lot of what people wanted to know. :) The film speaks for itself in that as you see it on screen, that's pretty much what went on. A traveling circus performing every day for months on end in a foreign environment while battling harsh natural elements, along with the complexities of a tv reality show with car-crash personalities/relationships/egos in the background. The audition process involved hours of physical testing. 45min rolling plank battle between myself and one other guy, push/press/sits up till failure, rope climbs, stunt fights, and and and... (many of the parkour athletes got in, which I was proud about) I was told to pack for 2 weeks, and signed on as a single stunt character..... ended up staying 8 months, playing many background characters (the core group all had multiple roles to play), drove many of those vehicle beasts (some of my best memories and what a credit to the vehicle department for maintaining those!!!), helped out on the rigging team when needed, utility stunts, you name it I just kept busy and making myself available wherever, and also experienced the incredible beauty of Namibia during off days (highly recommend anyone to make the trip out there). This film resulted in me moving to a different continent, gave me an incredible little human being as a son, started a new career, and I can look back on the work done by everyone involved and proud to say I was part of it. (And as a bonus, the stunt team were awarded Best Stunt Ensemble for that year, and I have an awesome Honours certificate from the Screen Actors Guild Awards framed up as a reminder) What an experience, both the good and the bad, and one I hope any stunt performer out there gets to experience at least once in their career. So yeah, as I mentioned right at the beginning..... thanks for the memories. ;)
@@DCteamtraceur Incredible. It's truly exceptional work. And sounds insanely life altering, in a way. I would love to get more of your thoughts on our podcast, if you're interested.
@@DCteamtraceur What an incredible story. You should totally do these guys' podcast. lmao
@@DCteamtraceur what a lovely day!
The Macguffin isn't just something that drives the plot, it also has no use in the plot in and of itself. The one ring isn't a Macguffin because without the one ring letting Bilbo/Frodo turn invisible the plot couldn't happen. The briefcase in Pulp Fiction is a Macguffin because it doesn't matter what is in the briefcase, it matters that everyone wants it and the plot moves forward based on how they get it.
The way they edited it so your eye doesn’t have to travel so much is masterful
"Does that guitar dude really have to be..." - "uhh, YEAH!"
Let's not forget about the awesome game Fury Road spawned as well. An underrated classic that anyone should pickup during sales.
Shame it won't get a sequel or an updated port to nex gen.
And often 75% off for 4.99 on PC, Playstation or Xbox consoles. Mad Max game was fantastic.
Absolutely! One of the most underrated games of all time
New interview with Theron adds details to their relationship. Paints a much worse picture, she even requested protection from Hardy. Probably talked more positively before about it to help promote the movie
This was an incredible video, so well done, you earned my subscription. The algorithm knows I eat up any Mad Max content so I'm glad it brought me here. I'm so glad everyone involved stuck with the movie because it is genuinely a masterpiece and became my favourite movie of all time the moment I finished watching it in the cinema with my best friend. We would normally talk at length about a movie but we were silent the whole way home because we were literally speechless in reaction to what we had just witnessed. I went back again on my own to watch it again a few days later. I never went through any of the punishment of the making of this film but I can confidently say it was worth it and it will live forever, shiny and chrome.
This video is awesome and deserves more attention!
We agree!
Yes I agree, these types of videos give big credit to the hard work put in 💯
I you think this is great, a book just released full of cast/crew/critic interviews that tell the story of the films production in immense detail. It’s a wonderful book
Exactly thank you for making this video I just saw the movie and really enjoyed it.
No u. Deserve my attention =>]
I worked on this in Namibia and there are a few other reasons we stopped production. Regardless, I enjoyed your piece. Well done.
Awesome! What part of the crew were you on?
awww what a tease
Scenic. Fun while it lasted. Paint, blow torches, 9 inch grinders, monster trucks, 17 KTMs, 20 Yamahas, Africa.! I’m glad our film wasn’t made. There was more money and planning in the next trip back. I did a little with special effects back in Sydney but that was all.
I'm super fascinated that the movie was shot on location and 90% of the movie used practical effects (explosions, car crashes and all that stuff) and yet none of the cast and crew passed away while filming, only a few minor injuries that was handled very well. No matter how perfect the filmmakers wanted to be with their job, safety is always everyone's top priority. With all that hard work, their effort was absolutely worth it
No one passed away on any of the movies, it was bollokcs the story about someone dying in the movie in Mad Max
I watched this movie with my brother on a whim, knowing nothing beforehand. It was an amazing experience. The theater we watched it in is now closed.
As a resident of Broken Hill Australia I remember how sad it was when they announced that they won't be filming in the area. There's talks that a Mad Max prequel called Furiosa will be filmed out here, so hopefully that will happen.
They’re already filming!
Furiosa is already being filmed. In June they were filming at Hay, near Broken Hill. Anya Taylor-Joy (as Furiosa) and Chris Hemsworth (as the baddie).
Yeah the filming out here was finished not too long ago. Sadly I didn’t meet any of the stars.
That Comicon trailer blew my mind, I had never seen anything that looked so incredible when from no interest to most eagerly awaited film of the year.
Dude, your editing in this one deserves mention as well. Great vid. Respect. Subbed.
This film was one of the most visually stunning and exciting I've ever seen in the theater. Sat on the edge of my seat the whole time.
This movie kicked so much ass from start to finish. I remember when I went to watch it in theaters, I hadn’t slept a wink for the past 72 hours and just ran a half marathon, I was ready to pass out and was afraid I’d do so in the dark air conditioned theater. I was wide awake the whole movie, the action sequences were superb and really pulled you in. Brilliant film!
This movie, for me, represents everything I love about filmmaking as a craft. It feels like a movie with a soul and passion in it. Not made to simply create profit. Gratz to everyone included in the project. And that editing! THAT editing! Oh. The drive through the canyon while bombarded with molotovs is my favorite scene ever created.
The thing is good movies deserve good money and will get good money
I feel precisely the same way. Every component of this movie was done masterfully. The color design, cinematography, costume design, stunt work, acting, editing, sound design/soundtrack and overall vision of the movie. It all coalesces into a masterpiece. I’ve never rewatched a film more than I have fury road, it just never ceases to amaze me.
@@danielsgarden9283 they don’t get good money though. Fury Road underperformed at the box office. The movie wasn’t profitable in fact it lost $20-40 million dollars. This is the case for virtually every arthouse film that is released nowadays. It’s why Villeneuve said he would never make another film like Bladerunner 2047. It seems people would rather spend their money on four mindless Marvel movies a year unfortunately.
@@CyVinci yep, it’s sad. I don’t understand it. But it’s the cinema industry.
@@CyVinci also I ment they’ll get good money from genuine movie fans sorry
I've never teared up so much watching a movie origin summary lol great work here, bringing so much awareness to the hard work within.. thx a ton 👌 So glad this movie got made, is a total trip!
Great detailed video! Subbed, and a huge thanks for the effort put into this video.
You’re welcome!
It's crazy to hear about the production with the delays and cast fueds and the total shit show, and I finally bought this Brilliant film from a $5 bin at Walmart. It deserved the holy shit original price.
I paid $19.99 For the digital copy. That $5 bin was a gift lol
I have friends who worked on this . I also got to watch some of the vehicles being made . When i was invited to join the shoot , I declined . Only because I knew of "Moonlighting's" reputation for screwing over their crew ....and after "Death Race" , my experience with Moonlighting and shooting in the desert told me to stay far away . After watching the movie and hearing all the stories i kinda regretted it ...but not enough.
This Channel is absolutely fascinating! I greatly appreciate all of your research and hard work! Keep going! watch this channel explode, all it will take is time. Subscribed!
Thank you! Glad you found us!
This is a great channel !! Excellent story, great narrating, love the highlights, humor. Well done.
Thank you so much!
Cinema has become the new 'literature' of our time. Not that creative writers are irrelevant now, but this really shows the drive and sheer chutzpah _required_ by any film Director these days, with the incredible ability to go from simply a story idea, to literally re-creating an entire _world._
Can't remember a movie that got me as excited and in awe before fury road, and no movie made me feel like that ever again. The instant i finished fury road i was like i need to watch this again. I fucking hate that I didn't watch it at the theater.
I almost never watch scary, dark, intense, violent, stressful, etc. Movies. I love low stakes shit like Letterkenny, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and My Little Pony. But I am lucky enough to have apparently grasped that this was an *important* piece of film-as-art, and am thankful I did get the honor and privilege of seeing it in theater. Not to rub it in, but I hope knowing someone who normally avoids these movies did get that appreciation and experience brings you a bit of joy.
@@bryanchandler3486 i was in my last term of university and had no time to watch it, i was pretty sad that the movie was already out of the cinemas when i had the chance to watch it. But at least i got to watch it uninterrupted and at peace in my home, and it wasn't just a movie, it was an experience.
@@alexworm1707 hey. I know it’s a disappointment but could u not watch it on a re-run? I knows it’s not as good but since I’ve seen 2001 in theatres on a re run and plan to possibly do it again with a clockwork orange. I’d recommend it.
I had absolutely no idea just how difficult the production for this movie was, I'd heard it was challenging but I had no concept for the sheer extent of every hurdle that came in the way. Excellent summary as always, thorough and engaging
Thank you so much man for this video💓💓👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I had tears in my eyes by the end of this. Thank you. While I laugh out loud every time Hardy speaks during Fury Road, I can't deny his physicality. Theron is fantastic. I refer to this movie as "automotive ballet". I love it.
Tears?! Glad it affected you but didn’t expect that. Thanks for watching!
@@ItWasAShtShow It was the heartfelt apology by Hardy to Miller at the end. After you laid out all the problems Miller faced, very nearly never having a movie (which I was never aware of), it was wonderful.
brilliant steal of the hashtag #WTFHappenedToThisMovie. Im glad I found your channel. Maybe the best researched, written, voiced and edited mini doc channel about movie making
Thanks so much for the kind words! Glad you found us too! FYI, we created WTF Happened To This Movie.
@@ItWasAShtShow just watched every episode. One better than the other. Im on the video business also, am envious. Keep up and Go as Far as you can! Amazing
Im happy there's a 2nd one. In KZhead, similar high quality channels is always a good thing.
@@ItWasAShtShow why do “content creators” make irrelevant stuff just to try and get extra dosh, go out and get a real job you nerd.
This is infinitely better than the other channel that uses that hashtag. Usually I get to the end of those and I haven't learned anything new. Not so in this case. This is the first one of these I've watched and it won't be the last. I think I mistook it for another channel and avoided it for ages but I'm glad I finally clicked on the video. Can't wait to dig in to the back catalogue.
I work in Post Production and the release of this movie was such an event for me and my friends and colleagues. What a masterpiece on so many levels. Only thing coming close to blowing me away with quality in the last ten years was Parasite.
Post on this particular movie? Or just admiring the film as a post person?
@@ItWasAShtShow Oh, not on this one or any other international blockbuster but I love to see talent like this uninhibited and realized. (can't find proper words, it's 2AM, I need to sleep)
The first big action set piece is so good. When those drums hit my whole house shakes.
Really cool doco! One thing though - the part about this film not having a script is just one of many myths surrounding Fury Road. It did have a script. It was important to have it for everyone involved in the production, from the movie studio to actors and crew - they couldn't just work off of pictures. The script had parts of storyboards in it just to visualize scenes. Of course the actors had their sides as well that was just pure text without any images. In fact - a whole thing could be made about how Fury Road was advertised vs how it really went down, there's plenty of stories floating around that are perpetuated by the creators themselves.
There are conflicting sources on this, so I went with the one that made the most sense as to why Miller was having so much trouble with his actors. Hardy seemed so confused and frustrated by that aspect.
there's no way a film of this size wouldn't have a script or sides.
From what I understand the movie was storyborded entirely first. The script came second. But if you watch the movie there is little dialog so any script would have been fairly sparse. Max especially is a man of few words. This would make understand a character hard because for long sections Max doesn’t say a single line of dialog. Getting the shots needed and the performance from actors that don’t quite understand their character shows what a genius Miller was. Because of this movie I still want to buy an El Camino and Max Max it.
I think what people mean when they say this is that a screenplay was never written for this movie. I believe that. However, there was almost certainly a shooting script done up by director and the cinematographer. Shooting scripts include detailed descriptions of everything that is to happen in each shot and are mainly utilized by the crew. Screenplays include mostly dialogue and keep scene descriptions to an absolute minimum.
What a story, so deserving of being seen as the movie itself. What a finding your channel is, thank you for what you do.
I've never once seen a movie a second time in theatre, let alone usually watch any movie a second time at any point, but I saw this movie four times in theatre and have continued watching it more times on the small screen. This movie is truly a masterpiece. From some of the gnarliest most amazing car crashes and stunts, to a post-apocalyptic world with so much lore and history of how things are somehow told so well despite absolute minimal dialogue, the imagery and cinematography and the feeling of genuinely being left almost exhausted at the end of the movie flooded with adrenaline from such a persistent intense engaging chase that really does keep you at the edge of your seat the entire time.. A true 10/10.
please make more of these i watched all of them in 1 day lmaoo idk how you dont have more subs. ive been showing the channel to my friends and they love it as well
Thank you! We’re still fighting that KZhead algorithm… but there will be more to come!
Another freakin' amazing video. You guys deserve all the subscribers that are surely coming your way. Forwarding this link to my film-nerd network to help you on your way.
Thanks again! Happy to hear you’re enjoying them. Get that word out!
Rewatched this movie a few days ago and that rewatch + this video has made me appreciate this movie so much more and even made me tear up a bit. Beautiful video, insane production, bonkers movie, brilliant piece of art.
Such a brilliantly well put together video. New subscriber!
Welcome!
Dude great video! You definitely did your research 😁 And you definitely got a new sub!
Thank you so much! A refreshing comment from the countless people calling me OUT on my research…
This is the greatest action movie of our time.
awesome video...awesome film...thanks, the part on the editing was fascinating. subbed :)
This is one of the best if not the best action movie ever. It is so different, so strange but also soooo exiting. There is not a single quiet/slow moment in the movie but you can still keep up and enjoy it.
what make fury road look so damn good is that if it could be done practically, it was. the cgi is to enhance the practical stuff, not to be a substitution for it.
Which is the way all movies should be made. It’s part of the reason Terminator 2 still holds up so well. They used early CGI tools to enhance the spectacle, rather than define it. It’s used primarily where it could not be done practically. Fury Road is very similar in that respect. It uses a good bit of CG (way more than T2) but it’s only used to enhance the practical effects, rather than replace them wholesale. I wish I could get my friends to understand that in regards to the Marvel films. I enjoy the MCU, but I really despise how they are made. Because it’s all actors in front of green screens. They use CGI to replace doing things practically. And that makes me sad.
Wow, all I knew about the production was the many starts and stops over the years, newly green Australian desert, and Warner gave George more money to finish. It is truly amazing we ever got to see this movie at all.
I thought it be good as Miller was doing good work for awhile. This guy made "Babe". What great little movie that was. But you know that movie was crafted with care and attention. But I never forgot the same guy wrote "The Road Warrior". I knew something good might be coming be damm he nailed this one. Using tasteful CGI the way he did, and the visual storytelling of FURY ROAD was incredible. FURY ROAD and PACIFIC RIM are two movies that where way better then I thought they be. (knew both would be good, but not that good)
@@mindcrome More than anything, I kept hoping one of my favorite directors would have a return to their roots with everything they had learned. I just never thought it would be George Miller. Fury Road is batsh!t insane, and I love it. The only thing that could have possibly made it any better for me is Mel Gibson with a big hobo beard.
15:31 I'm a HUGE Always Sunny fan and I love that you used this scene in the editing. You know, because of the implications.
That shot of the guitar player with his flaming guitar was worth the price of admission right there!
What a legend. I would love another one, but I wouldn't want George Miller to have to deal with that again. He deserves some rest. What a film to go out on if he does retire.
NETFLIX SHOULD BE CALLING YOU. THIS SERIES IS AMAZING.
I’ll put you down as a reference.
Love this channel. You are an excellent film historian type-guy.
Thank you so much!
What a brilliant review!
Both my teenage girls and this old dads Favorite movie to watch together Dude is a master film maker
Possibly a perfect film. A real masterpiece. I worry about the inevitable sequel.
The sequel is a spinoff of Furiosa which I have good faith on it being one of the things Miller had been working with back when he was considering on re-casting Gibson so yeah I can see the spinoff being good
@@Noir875 Man, David I hope so. It's also one of those things, where every Mad Max movie has presented a different world. I almost think the next one should follow suit. Maybe, it'll be great.
11:04 I love the contrast between the rusty, nailed-together vehicle and the shiny girder on top for the wiring.
I was thinking there is something awesome about the action scenes, and it was the stunt crew. The action felt real because it was. They literally risked alot in this movie. I appreciate the movie more. I kept rewinding scenes because there was so much in each scene.
One quiet Friday evening, I watched this movie to silence the deafening thoughts in my head. It was poetic yet literal. Expressive and monotonous at the same time. I understood each character not as a good guy or bad guy. They were everything and they were all losers just desperately trying not to lose what little they had. Which is what we all are.
“Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves?” - The First History Man
Charlize was perfect here. That haircut was amazing.
Ahhhhh, you took me back to when I'd watch that movie in theaters endlessly 💖 I knew Theron & Hardy were at odds, but I clearly did not know the full scope of how bad it was!
It's the closest thing to a perfect film as I've ever seen. Knowing there was so much drama behind scenes really drives home the fact this movie is a miracle!
I LOVE this movie SO MUCH!!!! I'm still waiting for the sequel to fury road with the same actors even tho furiosa story ended I wouldn't mind it if they bring her back. I seriously hope we don't have to wait another decade... (well we're very close to that decade now time sure flies) I'm not one that rewatches movies but this one is one i always go back to time to time just as (Karl Urban's) DREDD are two modern action movies I never get tired of watching!
This only confirms my feelings that a film like this can never happen again.
I have been a fan of the Mad Max films since I was a kid. Along with my older cousin and younger brother. We all used to rewatch the original 3 films on vhs over and over. I remember getting excited back in the early 2000's for the next film, only to be disappointed in the cancelation. So when I finally saw the trailer for fury road I was anxious. Not having Gibson involved had me somewhat nervous. Although on opening weekend. Me and my brother (cousin wasn't available) went to the theater and left very pleased. I have the film on blu ray and have watched it many times. Also the blu ray includes lots of extras which I have also watched more than once. Your in depth analysis does add to the film in a fantastic way. I know any fan of the film would enjoy this video, and I will definitely share it.
Your own storytelling and editing is masterful!
It seems like Miller could have eased a lot of frustration by compiling his storyboard into a book and giving it to the cast so they could understand a bit more about the story.
You could tell Gorge was pleasantly surprised by Tom's apology. Love Tom!
Right?! Such a good moment.
This is so well written. Thanks!
Absolutely the best action film ever made, in my book. This was an awesome video rundown of one of my favorite movies, so many cool details and commentary!
Thanks for watching!
God I loved this movie, seeing it in theaters was such an immersive experience.
I'm confused can you please explain why he is calling it a shit show if he is saying good things about the movie lol
@@NJRangerGeorge the production was a shit show not the movie itself
@@PSYCHOWORLD oh ok thanks for the clarity.