“Mad Max: Fury Road” is full of memorable explosions and non-stop action beats, but the most iconic moment has nothing to do with fighting or driving.
After learning from the remaining Mothers that her home (the Green Place) no longer exists, Charlize Theron’s Furiosa walks alone out into the desert and, overcome with despair and agony, drops to her knees and screams.
It’s the most vulnerable moment in “Fury Road,” and George Miller looks back on creating it in a new conversation with Entertainment Weekly.The first noticeable creative choice in the scene is when Miller overlaps the voices of the Mothers once Furiosa hears about the devastating fate of the Green Place.
Miller’s camera stays locked in a close-up of Furiosa’s face as the Mother’s voices become tangled in her head.“When anybody receives really devastating news it gets a little fragmented,” Miller said
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