In his collection of essays South Of The West (Isbn 0-253-32581-1), Ross Gibson advances a theory about Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome that I subscribe to. The piece, Yondering, is a reading of the third of the Max cycle that advances the notion that "the urge to narrate is shown to be a central theme of the film," that it "declares itself incontrovertibly to be mythic" (p161). He talks about how the (then trilogy) builds in unreality, and in that calls to deeper stories. The repeated notion of origin, not just within Australian colonial-myth but within the Max-eddas, is present.
When this was written in 1992, Gibson could not have known that decades later Fury Road would expand the elements he had identified, build upon audiences' cinematic awareness and the notion of story-telling. Where The Road Warrior ends with the feral kid explaining how their community came to be, where Thunderdome.
When this was written in 1992, Gibson could not have known that decades later Fury Road would expand the elements he had identified, build upon audiences' cinematic awareness and the notion of story-telling. Where The Road Warrior ends with the feral kid explaining how their community came to be, where Thunderdome.
- 5/27/2024
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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