Furiosa with Kyle Buchanan

We return to the Wasteland this week with Furiosa, and we’ve got quite the tour guide. Kyle Buchanan - author of Blood, Sweat & Chrome, THE book on the making of Mad Max: Fury Road - joins us as we do a definitive post-mortem on George Miller’s latest. Going up against the reputation of Fury Road was always going to be an uphill battle for the Anya Taylor-Joy starrer, and we go into all the ways in which this film matches, exceeds, or misses the highs of 2015’s action classic. Kyle brings with him plenty of behind-the-scenes details and shrewd observations, and Ben and Griffin bring a visceral report from their 4DX screening. And yes - of course we talk about how Dementus looks just like Guru Pitka.
Read Kyle’s writing at the New York Times
Check out his Oral History of Fury Road as well as his book; Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
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[@thecomicsarereal]

This is such a high quality podcast conversation about film. I gotta turn more of my cinephile buddies onto this.

[@sweetjimmyt]

Thank you for over talking about the most amazing first act in a GM film. Charlee Fraser is so incredible.

[@dzauthor]

The trailer I saw in the theatre was unappealing to me. My husband wanted to see the movie, and I went very reluctantly just because he wanted to see it. Then I left, not knowing anything about Mad Max because I’d missed Fury Road in theatres. But the Praetorian Jack character was what drew me into researching if others would have enjoyed that romance story in place of action and gore. So it’s that relationship that led me to watch the movie again.

[@FranciscoHernandez-db5px]

I get the disliking of the mad max cameo but i honestly read it as sort of part of the larger framing of this story as being relayed to the audience by the History Man and that weird cameo feels sort of like a storyteller embellishing as part of like the post-fury road legend/mythology of furiosa and max’s role in helping to overthrow immortan joe.

[@johnbaker1773]

Not long enough

[@ugle118]

There were so many lame women bashing bros complaining about no max and not believing a woman would be strong enough to do the things she does in the film.

[@howdareyou41]

Sorry I can't listen. This guys voice is like soooo vocal fry