George Miller’s one of those filmmakers who seems impervious to age, as he’s continued to direct well into his 70s, and has indeed made some of his greatest movies during the last decade or so. His earliest directorial credit is all the way back in the 1970s, and he’s remained a consistent presence within the world of cinema since then, sometimes as a producer, but most often as a writer/director.
10 'Lorenzo's Oil' Starring: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov Close Looking over George Miller’s entire body of work, it becomes apparent that just about everything he’s made is either an action movie, a work of science fiction/fantasy, or a family film containing talking animals… though there’s one title that stands out from the pack, in this regard.
Babe: Pig in the Citycommits to its rather bizarre premise and showcases a strange world for its title character to explore, being rather unsettling by the standards of family movies. It is arguably kid-friendly, but there’s certainly something of a sinister edge to things that can make Babe: Pig in the City intriguing and, indeed, perhaps worthy of being revisited.
It’s a revenge movie about a police officer in the future enacting vengeance on a dangerous motorcycle gang in a futuristic Australia that’s on the brink of becoming an all-out dystopia. In hindsight, Mad Max is valuable for providing insight into the world right before it collapsed into a full-on dystopia as seen in later films in the series, but the original is blunt and straightforward in a way that can limit its rewatchability.
Three Thousand Years of Longing becomes one of those wonderful stories about the power of storytelling, and George Miller really went all-out creatively in bringing the fantastical stories contained within to life. It’s an overwhelming film, but in a good way, and warrants - once more - the use of the word “maximalist.” Honestly, Three Thousand Years of Longing packs so much into a runtime of under two hours that it’s probably wise to give the film more than one viewing.
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