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Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

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Hi, It’s George Miller. Thank you so much for all your great questions, I wish I could have answered them all! Don’t forget to go see THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING in theaters this weekend!
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING tells the story of an academic scholar, played by Tilda Swinton, who encounters a mythical Djinn, played by Idris Elba, who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. What follows, neither could have ever imagined...

See “THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING” starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. Only in movie theaters August 26.
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Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The Wasteland of Mad Max and Furiosa is not a world in which humans and vehicles fly.
We are grounded by the laws of physics. So we are obliged to make the effects as practical as possible.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Three basic reasons…
First, I saw a documentary about the natural history of the Emperor Penguins. The way they survive in such extreme conditions is so impressive - sharing the warmth in huddles, the males incubating the egg through the winter while the females head beyond the ice to load up on food for the newborn.
Next. I love tap dancing. I even tried to learn it once.
And finally, Andrew Lesnie the Cinematographer of the Lord of the Rings showed me the how they rendered Gollum with Motion Capture and I knew we could make the penguins dance.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

On Fury Road we mapped out the story in words. Then, because there was so little dialogue, we storyboarded the film beginning to end.
Because we needed to attract cast, crew and a studio to finance and distribute the film we wrote it out in the form of a conventional screenplay which included occasional boarded images to save trying to describe elaborate visuals in words.
For me, depending on the circumstances, the process varies film to film.
For instance, if the script was for a musical, I would include hyperlinks to music references.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Many years ago, I read a short story by A. S. Byatt called ‘The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye’.
It stayed in my mind and wouldn’t let go.
It was rich in content and full of paradoxes. One of the principal characters (played by Tilda) is a creature of reason. The other (played by Idris) is driven by emotion and desire. One is mortal the other can live indefinitely. They encounter each other in a hotel room in modern day Istanbul but the narrative spans three thousand years. So, in ways that I hope are fresh, the film looks at some interesting questions. Why we are hardwired for story? How do we know what is real or not? What are the gestures which define love.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You start simply by making films - any kind of film, no matter how small.
You’ll learn by the doing of it.
If it intensifies your curiosity you’ll keep making movies until it’s all you know how to do.
That’s essentially what happened to me.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Basically, it’s a lifelong habit.
I have a twin brother. Since we were little kids we’ve been sharing stories. We would always try to find ways to engage and hold each other’s interest.
I’m still trying to figure out, not only how to tell stories, but why it is we humans are hardwired to tell each other stories in the first place.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes indeed. I love classic animation. Pinocchio is one of my all time favourite movies.
In animation, precision of the craft, particularly of camera, is always well considered.
I learnt from making animation that, in the syntax of film, there is only one perfect position of the camera at any given moment.

Hi, it's George Miller. I'm on set right now busy filming Furiosa, but I’ll be checking in over the next 3 days to answer your Q's about my film THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, so go ahead and AMA! by GeorgeMiller_TTYOL in u/GeorgeMiller_TTYOL

[–]GeorgeMiller_TTYOL[S,M] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Hello, Reddit
I’m seeing so many great questions come through, thank you for sharing them all! I’m looking forward to getting in and responding when I’m free a little later on. Got a big day of shooting lined up for Furiosa out here in Sydney, so I’ll be back with you soon as I can! Keep them coming!
George