Mad Max was one of the first Australian films to be shot with a widescreen anamorphic lens, although Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) was shot in anamorphic four years earlier.
Mad Max adalah salah satu film Australia pertama yang syuting dengan lensa anamorphic widescreen, meskipun Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) disyuting secara anamorphic empat tahun sebelumnya.