Last night I saw Mad Max Fury Road… by @larrywrites

By Lawrence Parmenter

Last night I saw Mad Max Fury Road…

I’d been meaning to for weeks, unable to make the cinema because of the work, or people, or tiredness.So there I was, alone, alone like I normally am at the cinema.I had my supplies: some dark chocolate and a can of ginger beer.And I sat in Chelsea Cineworld and treated myself.It was amazeballs.It was ridiculously amazeballs.It reminded me of how amazing cinema can be.How simple a story can be to keep people captivated for two hours.How little dialogue is actually required when a plot is concrete.The special effects were mostly practical and I read that George Miller had purchased his own colour workstation for the grade so he could take his time and perfect it.As I walked back over Chelsea bridge home I couldn’t help but feel inspired to go back to making films again.I mean I’d been toying with the idea recently - I’d written up a proposal for a series of loosely interconnected vignettes. A relationship presented in fragments. I’d met up with a friend who’s a producer to talk about casting and I’d been considering what equipment would be required to achieve the look I wanted.But - after seeing Mad Max I had to go home and get to work.I regraded six reels of my feature film - inspired by the excellent day to night work on MM.I worked and worked and gradually found myself falling back in love with the process of post-production.I’ve only got a little sound work left to do on my movie.Just the foley.The score is written.The grade is 90% done.I’ve been putting it off for advertising - the trailer exists and that gets enough attention without me having to show the whole film.But I want to finish it now.I want to shoot this vignette-y fragmentary romance thing too.A web page which presents you with a mosaic of moments of a relationship for you to watch in any order you choose.Each fragment directed by someone different, in a different style, with little regard for linear or causal continuity. You’d be able to make your own playlists of the relationship - shape how you view it - piece it together yourself.Yes. I think I like film again.