From the unforgiving sands of the desert to the sophistication of the Croisette in Cannes, George Miller’s latest work, Furious, promises to mark a turning point in the film narrative of the saga. With Anya Taylor-Joy at the helm, the film unfolds its plot in a frenzy of two hours and half where dialogue is scarce. In fact, the fact that the protagonist has only 30 lines of dialogue has become news and the film’s director, George Miller, has decided to explain the reason.
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The problem with dialogue is that it tends to slow things down.
Miller confesses that his intention has been to evoke the “pure cinema” of the eras of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, where actions have more weight than any words. For him, the problem with dialogue is that it tends to slow things down and film is a medium that is often best enjoyed at high speed. In fact, the speed itself Furious It has a 15-minute action sequence. He believes that dialogue stops them. “Hitchcock defines them as films in which it is not necessary to read the subtitles when they are shown in Japan,” he explained during an interview with The Telegraph.
Lesson learned during the filming of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
The director also reflected on the filming of Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 and about the problems that occurred on the set with the protagonists, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy constantly arguing with each other. “They were simply two very different artists“said Miller. “Tom has ‘buts’ but also a brilliance that comes with him, and whatever was going on with him at the time, he had to be coaxed out of his trailer. While Charlize was incredibly disciplined (a trained dancer, which could be seen in the precision of her performance) and she was always the first to arrive on set,” said the director.
Things got better with time, he added. “I’m an optimist, so I saw that their behavior reflected their characters, where they had to learn to cooperate to ensure mutual survival,” she explained. She had a conversation with Taylor-Joy and her co-star Chris Hemsworth about how to keep a filming calm. “You have to be obsessed with safety: physical safety, as filming progresses and fatigue sets in, but also psychological safety“explained the director of the film that will be released on May 24, 2024 and that for now, is receiving all kinds of praise among critics and directors who have already seen it.
