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Filmmaker George Miller explains why hisMad Maxmovies are dystopian . Miller began the franchise in 1979 with the Mel Gibson - ledMad Max , and he has since release three additional movies , the most recent being the Oscar - winning prequelMad Max : Fury Road . In May , Miller will release another prequel , Furiosastarring Anya Taylor - Joy . In the approaching motion picture , Furiosa is snap from the Green Place of Many Mothers , falls into the manus of a biker horde led by Chris Hemsworth ’s Dementus , and gets caught in the crossfire between two tyrants as she sample to make her elbow room back home .

Screen Rantwas in attendance when , at CinemaCon to receive a career achievement award and participate in a short Q&A session , Miller explained howtheMad Maxmovies ' dystopian setting add up about because of virtual reason or else of creative ace . It involved what it would take to film on location . In the close , the filmmaker has grown to appreciateMad Max ’s dystopian scope , as the last result was more allegoric . learn his full quote below :

The idea was to make a film where , as Hitchcock say , ' They do n’t have to scan the subtitle in Japan . ' A film that bank entirely on visual . Nobody would finance the film , but we put together and attempted it . But it was almost unimaginable to do action sequence in the city in the modern day , on local street with all those car , and so on . The idea was to set it in a dystopian futuresimply because we could shoot it in empty streets and rundown buildings and so on . That was a really funny thing because , by chance , the film which otherwise would have been present - Clarence Day turned out to be more allegoric .

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While the decision to setMad Maxin a dystopian creation may not have been the initial idea , the franchise benefit greatly from the move ; one could even contend it is howMad Maxcontinued on beyond its initial movie . As Miller excuse , shooting on local streets would have been logistically harder than inject in empty space , as it would ’ve ask all-encompassing planning and additional editing . The franchise thenbecame iconic for its dystopian visuals and hard - run into report , many of which were compound by the dealership ’s post - apocalyptic earth .

George Miller ’s Mad Max is a classic of the action at law genre , and Miller and company seize the country of Victoria , Australia , to make it memorable .

The franchise ’s 2015 critical and commercial hit , Mad Max : Fury Road , is the luxurious result of these benefits . Featuring well - choreographed and much done action sequences , the film was replete withhigh - octane pursuit that seemingly could only have been achieved in the empty space Miller champion . Additionally , its theme of a humanity gone dry due to greed and corruption were get up by its dystopian setting , as they almost serve as a admonition for today ’s society .

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Thetrailers for Miller ’s upcomingFuriosasuggest thatthe film producer is continuing to benefit from its dystopian setting . The action sequences teased so far hint at stunts more easy achieved in a waste background that predict an open space found well in the desert . That sameMad Maxelement seems to have , again , created hardened character fighting to survive in a hardened world , setting the stage for another satisfying dangerous undertaking within the humanity Miller make .

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Mad Max is a 1979 sci - fi legal action film from director and author George Miller . Mel Gibson star as Max a police force military officer in the future who go after a crew of venomous bike punk . The film led to a long - running franchise let in The Road Warrior , Beyond Thunderdome , Fury Road , and Furiosa .

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Mad Max is a 1979 sci-fi action film from director and writer George Miller. Mel Gibson stars as Max a police officer in the future who goes after a gang of vicious motorcycle thugs. The film led to a long-running franchise including The Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome, Fury Road, and Furiosa.

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