I have this theory: A couple years ago when I was chairing the Cannes jury, when I was distilling how to measure the worth of a film, was how long it follows you out of the cinema. But if you get a lot of filmmakers and creative people in the industry calling personally to say: “I went to the cinema five times in a row to watch the film,” then you know they’re getting something from the movie. Sitting in the cinema with paying audiences, feeling their response, then I believe it.Īll the talk that people offer - the critical response, the people who unexpectedly get in touch - I’m embarrassed to talk about it. It’s audiences who tell you what you’ve got. When you make the film, you know what you hoped to accomplish. Look, you don’t really know what you’ve got. How does it feel to look back on what filmmakers like Edgar Wright have called the best action film of all time? The same thing also happened to me with “Fury Road.” It took me a good 10 years before I could watch that first movie again, because all I would see were the mistakes - the things I felt were left to do creatively. But the toughest film I ever made was the first “Mad Max.” I didn’t know much about filmmaking, and it was rather bewildering. New Movies: Release Calendar for December 3, Plus Where to Watch the Latest FilmsĪfter ranking “Fury Road” high on our list of the 100 Best Movies of the Decade, IndieWire called Miller at his production office in Australia, and asked him to reflect on his still-unfathomable studio masterpiece (and discuss what he might be doing next).ĭid it require all your accumulated skills to pull off the challenges of “Mad Max: Fury Road”? Wes Anderson's Favorite Movies: 35 Films the Auteur Wants You to See 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Prequel 'Furiosa' Delayed One Year, Sets New 2024 Release Anya Taylor-Joy's 'Furiosa' Prep: 'Become Strong Enough' Mentally to Carry the Entire Movie