This seems to have become a Fury Road fanblog

[dolorosa_12]

I'm just swooping in with a link to a brilliant interview with a large number of the Fury Road cast, director, crew and production team about their experiences making this glorious film. It's in the New York Times, so if you don't have a subscription you may find it paywalled if you've exceeded your monthly limit of free articles.

I am kind of in awe at everyone involved in this film. It sounds as if it would have been hellish to shoot — nine months in the freezing Namibian desert, doing intense stunts while wearing very little clothing.

Incidentally, I became aware of this article because my mother sent me a link in the ongoing Twitter group chat that she, my sister and I have, where we share links to things we think will interest, amuse, or baffle each other. (For a while the chat seemed to just be some sort of Sadiq Khan fan group, because the women in my family are nothing if not admirers of competent clarity in local government. That none of us live in London and two of us live in Australia is entirely beside the point.)

Mum also noted when sharing this article that she had 'seen George Miller yesterday' at our favourite local-to-her cafe, which just proves the point I was making a few posts ago.

Comments

[lirazel]

(For a while the chat seemed to just be some sort of Sadiq Khan fan group, because the women in my family are nothing if not admirers of competent clarity in local government. That none of us live in London and two of us live in Australia is entirely beside the point.)

This makes me like y'all a lot. :D

[dolorosa_12]

Aww, thank you! It's nice to be part of a family where everyone is roughly on the same page in terms of politics.

[lirazel]

From someone who is from a family that is not like that at all...enjoy it!

[tozka]

You know, it's been WAY too long since I last saw Fury Road. Time for a rewatch, I think!

[dolorosa_12]

Always a good idea!

[naye]

This is delightful. ...will reading about the shoot make me like any of the actors less? I've been hesitant to read it because things like someone being a jerk to their coworkers is one of those things I can't turn off once I know about it.

[dolorosa_12]

will reading about the shoot make me like any of the actors less?

I don't think so. From the sound of things, it was a gruelling shoot (long hours in a freezing desert, doing your own stunts), and tempers flared in that situation — and it didn't help that, other than Charlize Theron, none of the cast really had much experience in being a Big Movie Star™. As far as I could tell, a lot of the cast bickered with each other, but none of them behaved in an appalling way and I don't think the article will make you dislike any of them.

[naye]

Thank you! I've been holding off because I think I was a little concerned, but now I really want to read it.

[dolorosa_12]

Excellent! I hope you enjoy it!