The greatness of "Mad Max: Fury Road" only becomes more apparent upon repeated viewings. The ability to pause and go frame-by-frame is a particular thrill. You find out things like the fact that George Miller used snippets of the earlier movies in Max's visions, such as the Toecutter's eyes bugging out or a black-masked marauder. The spare dialogue is enhanced by captions, so you can catch all the nuances of the linguistic mash-up used by the characters, altered slightly between the clans of the War Boys, Many Mothers, Joe's Wives, etc. ("Are you a Black Thumb?" aka mechanic.)
It seems more and more clear to me that this world is set much further
down the road after the apocalypse, perhaps 40 or 50 years. Of course,
Max would have to be an old man by then. Which is perhaps why he is
essentially a supporting character, more an existential force than a
person, a whitewashed version of the "magical Negro" figure who exists
mainly to support and propel the main character, who is Furiosa.
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