Was the MM2 prologue "shot" on 35mm?

[Uncle Entity]

...despite being mostly made of b/w archive footage?

[Uncle Entity]

I can't believe it. 24 years of internet fandom or so, and we never investigated on the real nature of the Mad Max 2 prologue footage.

Wondering if they will manage to improve its quality (and HOW) once they will transfer the movie on 4K/UHD.

[Taipan]

It's been researched.

The prologue is a combination of archive footage/news reel shot in 4:3, not on 35mm. It's mixed with leftover footage from Mad Max cropped down to 4:3. The archive footage was re-used in a TV series called The Dismissal also directed by George Miller, check out the first episode.
The entire sequence was inspired by newsreels playing at cinemas.

[Uncle Entity]

It's been researched.

The prologue is a combination of archive footage/news reel shot in 4:3, not on 35mm. It's mixed with leftover footage from Mad Max cropped down to 4:3. The archive footage was re-used in a TV series called The Dismissal also directed by George Miller, check out the first episode.
The entire sequence was inspired by newsreels playing at cinemas.

4:3 doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't been shot on 35mm or at least 16mm. It's just the aspect ratio.
Surely, the footage culled from "Mad Max" has been edited from 35mm film.

[seriz]

I can't believe it. 24 years of internet fandom or so, and we never investigated on the real nature of the Mad Max 2 prologue footage.

http://seri-z.blogspot.com/2018/05/mad- ... ntage.html

All the "footage" come from Cinesound Movietone. I spent hours in their archives to find as much as I could from the MM2 footage

[Uncle Entity]

I can't believe it. 24 years of internet fandom or so, and we never investigated on the real nature of the Mad Max 2 prologue footage.

http://seri-z.blogspot.com/2018/05/mad- ... ntage.html

All the "footage" come from Cinesound Movietone. I spent hours in their archives to find as much as I could from the MM2 footage

Great to know! Thank you for the link.