Chain Reaction - Cinema Papers

This article from Cinema Papers is about the making of Chain Reaction and part of it discusses George Miller’s part in the production which brings me to a speculation about his growth as a filmmaker during this point of time. Not concrete facts but I can best deduce that the time between the release of Mad Max and Mad Max 2 amounted to a period of 23 months and now let’s examine what Miller did within that span. Again without solid facts but assumptions Mad Max begins its cinema release. At what point did WB, who were only making decisions based on non American box-office numbers, decide to green light a sequel? It was also a time when Miller began to process the Campbellian techniques of storytelling with his fellow writing partners while along the way progressing from a novice writer to possessing a fine tuned understanding of story. Then crafting a whole new screenplay for Mad Max 2. Set up pre-production. Then the actual movie shoot followed by editing and post. Throw in the fact that probably somewhere earlier in there he made time to do action unit direction on Chain Reaction. That's a packed twenty three months!