Oh, what a day… what a lovely day!
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller
I am struck, every time, by the fact that we watched Max, protagonist, point of view character, in the opening sequence get run down and branded.
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.
Even though there’s barely any dialogue.