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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Film

DirectorGeorge Miller

Meta takes2

Figures

Characters

Max Rockatansky's role as a secondary protagonist → The Fragile Alpha

Form & technique

The Citadel's social and economic structure

Tropes

The escape of the Five Wives with the War Rig
Furiosa's prosthetic arm and Immortan Joe's breathing apparatus
Nux's transformation and self-sacrifice
The film's chaotic, high-speed chase sequences → Haptic Visuality
The Doof Warrior and his flame-throwing guitar
The film's fusion of Western and post-apocalyptic genres

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Compartment No. 6 (?) — via Haptic Visuality