The Road Warrior

Furiosa + text posts

“how did you all manage to survive?”

“survive?”

“the nuclear war??”

“Mad Max’s women are part of the tradition of the feminine desert, rather than the masculine. 

[…] 

Much of Fury Road’s action visuals rest heavily on the masculine desert and what can be done to conquer it: spiky scavengers, souped-up war buggies, and rock bikes try to turn the desert into a road. But the feminine desert is something else; there’s a spark of that secret impossible in Furiosa, who straddles both worlds, and whose driving seems supernaturally assisted. The sandstorm appears as if summoned; the camera itself treats its sudden, impossible scope as a reveal, pulling back after Rictus’ exclamation, and seeing what the desert abruptly made for a woman who needs it. When the first Vuvalinas come out to meet the war rig crew, their motorcycles rise out of the sand nearly in plain sight, as if they’re made from it. And though for the War Boys, violent death ensues if the front of their cars ever hit the sand, when the war rig’s engines are set alight, Furiosa lowers the vehicle’s grill, and the desert blooms up to put out the fire as if waking to save a friend.”

Also, how closed-off her expression is in the Ace gifs and how visible her worry and exhaustion are in the Max gifs.

She left Citadel, headed out for the Green Place, thinking that would be her last mission. She would find the Many Mothers and join their way of life and she wouldn’t have to take charge anymore. There would be no more difficult decisions for her.

When she agrees to go back, she’s taking on the responsibility of another mission. No one else knows the Warboys like she does. No one else knows Joe like she does. Even though everyone is behind her, in the end, it’s all on her.

Oh, what a day… what a lovely day!

Then are re-introduced to the brand, as it exists on a leader to the very same people that we just saw capture Max.

And it is THIS framework that, even though she has all the potential trappings of an ‘enemy’, you immediately know who Furiosa IS. That, when she turns off the road, you know why, emotionally, even though you don’t have all the details.

Precious Dag and her utter lack of upper body strength

Happy 70th Birthday to Hugh “Daddy” Keays-Byrne !

Hugh Keays-Byrne demanded everyone call him Daddy on set of “Mad Max : Fury Road”

Fury Road Mad Max Interceptor

1974 XB Ford Falcon Coupe