Symbols and Tropes
Cars
Allow director George Miller to explain:Growing up in remote Australia, the car was the thing. Big, big expanses of landscape and long straight roads and […] the car was a way to get out of town,...
Aqua Cola and Mother's Milk
What makes Immortan Joe so stinkin' evil? We think it's this: he treats everyone and everything in his life as a commodity. People aren't people: they're breeders or battle fodder, or yes—even mi...
The Seeds and The Green Place
For a full discussion of the seeds of the Vuvalini and the Green Place the breeders seek, please see "The Vuvalini" character analysis and "What's Up with the Ending?"
Disability and Deformity
The Wasteland is filled with people who have both physical and mental disabilities and deformities: from the Wretched—who appear to be suffering from radiation sickness, starvation, and just abou...