They “almost broke the studio” putting the Rainbow Road sequence together, director Aaron Horvath said.
But what they might not expect isa pretty great action movie.
Warning: This article contains some spoilers for The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
But Bowser sees them coming and springs an ambush, and a wild chase ensues.
And that comparison to Mad Max wasn’t just descriptive–this sequence is actually Fury Road-level good.
“Well, we definitely had like a blockbuster approach to making this movie.
So we wanted to reflect that action sensibility.”
The Rainbow Road sequence being a case in point.
Jelenic specifically mentioned that Skudder spent a very long time working out that lengthy one-shot on the Rainbow Road.
“He is just as good as anybody at moving the camera,” Jelenic said.
“And so even in the boards, the camera moves in just an incredible way.
And he spent months doing that [on a single shot in the Rainbow Road sequence].”
“I think that sequence was the most challenging.
Definitely technically the most challenging, you know,” Horvath said.
So yeah, we were super ambitious with that whole sequence."
But it was worth the effort, Horvath said.
“We knew it would be a standout moment in the movie if we really gave it our all.
And yeah, the studio really got down with it, man.
They backed us up.”
Which is good, Jelenic said, “because we were really worried about that sequence.”
“I think there were moments where it was like, ‘We’re we’re not sure about this.
So we were so lucky to have that support from the studio,” Jelenic said.
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