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Mad Max Fury Road

Mad Max Fury Road

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Posted byecouterbienin/mmfr-Sep 05, 2016 at 11:58 AM

I watched Mad Max (1979) for the first time last night and had some thoughts about it (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

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ecouter-bien: how come nobody told me westgate bridge makes a (very brief) cameo in the original mad max??? that was so surreal... i mean, ok fine, i watched it (the original mad max) for the first time last night so i'll try and gather my thoughts.it's very australian, by which i mean it's very much tied to a specific place (and also a specific time).

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  • CygnautSep 05, 2016 at 12:00 PMΔ

    I love reading Australians' pov on Mad Max. I feel like in the US part of the appeal of the franchise is that the setting feels exotic and strange (at least if you don't live in the southwest) which adds to the post-apocalyptic world building.

    y’know, maybe it’s cos i’ve used the word a lot in describing various aspects, but i really do feel as though it’s a story about decay: the breakdown of society and the inability to govern in it mirror max’s own psychological breakdown and his inability (despite his best efforts) to stop it. god, it’s all so sad really.

    This also makes me wonder, does Max's journey mirror the audience's reaction to post-apocalyptic films? Part of us longs for the destruction of society and finds the setting appealing, but we're also afraid of that part of our selves because no one would REALLY want to live in the wasteland.

    • ecouterbienSep 05, 2016 at 12:12 PM

      Right. Like, it feels strange that ppl see it as exotic because it reminds me so much of where I grew up - then again that could be because I grew up in the country. It was little details, like towards the end after Max gets shot and the sun is blazing and that crow caws: that's the sound of summer during my childhood. It kind of makes those shocking things feel more rooted in reality, which makes them more terrifying.

      Which kind of ties into your second comment: I think strange and alien landscapes are kind of comforting to us as a post-apocalyptic setting because they're so disconnected from reality as we know it, we can kind of ignore the fact that everything we're doing as a society is taking us closer and closer to that reality. But it'll probably end up looking a lot like it does in Mad Max: mundane but terrifying.

      • CygnautSep 05, 2016 at 12:16 PM

        I think that grounding in the real landscape of Australia also comes through in how authentic the wasteland of the movies feels. Even if it's an exotic landscape to some people watching, it feels like a real place because it is one.

        We're all enjoying post-apocalyptic fantasies while ignoring how close we're getting to enacting one. 😰

Mad Max Fury Road

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