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This gives rise to another of our key design precepts...
'Even in the Wasteland, people make beautiful things.'
No matter how impoverished the circumstances there are always, among us, artisans and artists able to create a strong, utilitarian aesthetic. The impulses which drove our Paleolithic ancestors to make exquisite cave paintings persist in the post-apocalyptic 'Black Fingers' (motor mechanics) restoring a War Rig and in the War Boys scarifying themselves with sacramental body art.
I love art books, you guys! They're a fount of information, not just about the behind-the-scenes filming experience, but also about the design & thought that went into the production, and extra canonical worldbuilding details that they thought of but may not have communicated within the film itself. There is so much thought that went into the creation of this movie especially, considering it gestated for 18 years (!). Reading this from cover-to-cover was a fascinating look into the process, plus just immersing myself in this ugly, beautiful world that I love so much. It reveals that there are so many tiny visual details that they incorporated, but that you probably didn't even notice.
It was also nice getting to hear some of the thematic story focus confirmed: that the core message is love, and learning to love, and being part of a community in order to heal. The whole thing just reminded me how much I love Fury Road, and gave me a renewed appreciation for its craft, from all the practical effects and practical stunts to the physical design & creation of all the vehicles and weaponry. It's such a goddamn masterpiece.
The book is anchored by lots of good quotes from George Miller and the designers. Some of their descriptions are oddly grotesquely gorgeous, with some good ole body horror:
Production designer Colin Gibson describes more of the theory behind the Buzzard tribe. "The Buzzards are basically vultures. They're a pack of hyenas. If you build a world full of carrion, then the hyena and the vulture will circle. And the difference with them is, they have much baser needs, because they were after just material, the crude mechanics, the very stuff of things. They didn't see a Cadillac, [the Buzzards] saw metal; not man, but meat. George had the theory that they were Russian and I think maybe they were White Russian and way too white--their bodies were ravaged by impetigo and infection. They were suppurating flesh and peeling skin, held in place with Saran Wrap and bandage. It was just a little too moist in this dry and dirty place, so they hid inside the spiky vehicles. They were spiky as much to keep people away from them as for attack. The anthropomorphic treatment worked both on the front and the back, there was a sense of trying to find vehicles that had eyes, that we could add a grinning grille of a mouth to, that the radiator could look like braces on an inbred mouth."
Great stuff.
Reading this made me want to watch the movie all over again - definitely really interesting to read and had a lot of fun pictures to look at.
gorgeous, comprehensive collection of art and stills from MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
This movie is almost thirty years in the making, and you can see it in this book. I love everything to do with this movie and it's absolutely animal filmmaking and execution.
informative
medium-paced
Loved the film! This book is really cool too. Goes behind the scenes, breaking the film down into sections with commentary, stills, storyboard and concept art. Definitely recommended, even more so if you enjoyed the film too.
My jaw dropped when they show an outline with sketches of the basic plot of Fury Road with some key details that’s pretty spot on to the finished film and it was dated “March 1999”
Phenomenal concept art from a phenomenal movie.
Definitely recommend for people who fell in love with the character design and world-building of the movie.
Definitely recommend for people who fell in love with the character design and world-building of the movie.
Anything detailing the production of this masterpiece is a gift, but this feels a little bit too much like a souvenir guide to the film. I wanted more storyboards and more detailed costume/weapons/vehicle designs - and expected them to be there, otherwise what's the point of this book? The pages like thIs that are present make it worthwhile - otherwise, not enough art for me for something titled "the art of..."
Beautiful illustrations and set photos. The commentary that accompanies it gives you great insight into what an awesome film Mad Max Fury Road is! Definitely a great read!