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Furiosa: George Miller, Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on Making a Mad Max Saga Without Max

Furiosa director George Miller and stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth discuss the making of the first Mad Max saga to center someone other than Max.

The bleak, stripped-to-the-bone highway vigilante story kicked off the career of a then-23-year-old Mel Gibson, the first Max Rockatansky, and launched a grotesquely beautiful fantasia of brutality still roaring after 45 years. People exploit any talent to justify their scant rations: skill on a bike or behind the wheel, a gift for bouncing between vehicles via pole, a knack for shredding and spitting flame with a guitar. “It was the first time in years that I was able to lose myself in the moment, or be immersed in the process of being a true fan and an audience member, without, you know, having worked in the industry, having to constantly sort of pick it apart and say, Oh, I wonder how they did that angle— or how they shot this, or about the score there, or this particular stunt.

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