Humans have to make meaning out of a seemingly chaotic existence

May 19, 2024 7:06 PM

"Individually an audience might be comprised of idiots, collectively they are never wrong." The New Yorker interviews Academy Award-winning director George Miller [ungated] about filmmaking, editing, and working with his wife and collaborator Margaret Sixel on Furiosa.
posted by They sucked his brains out! (7 comments total)

I highly recommend Babe, Pig in the City out of all his works. And I also recommend the homage, made by Japanese director Sion Sono, entitled Love and Peace.
posted by Morpeth at 5:57 AM on May 20, 2024 [3 favorites]

MetaFilter: individually an audience of idiots, collectively they are never wrong
posted by mazola at 7:05 AM on May 20, 2024 [2 favorites]

This is a great & detailed interview, not the usual vague artiste platitudes
posted by gottabefunky at 12:52 PM on May 20, 2024 [1 favorite]

Started to read it, but it has some spoilers for Furiosa, which doesn’t open in my country until Friday.

Miller is a helluva director and his thoughts about film’s language being created during the silent is a great observation.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:20 PM on May 20, 2024

it has some spoilers for Furiosa

Sorry about that. If the mods wish to add a spoiler alert warning, that would be great.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 4:57 PM on May 20, 2024

I'm with Morpeth about Babe, Pig in the City. I originally watched it when my kid was small, but it's a fantastic and beautiful film. Nothing wasted. Mickey Rooney's last role, and he was brilliant in it.
posted by lwxxyyzz at 12:41 PM on May 21, 2024 [1 favorite]

Furiosa is now playing on fanfare as well.
posted by autopilot at 1:35 AM on May 23, 2024