11/13/2022 0 Comments Mad max fury road silver sprayOne of the first things the Vuvalini take note of when meeting the Wives for the first time is that The Dag “still has all her teeth”. There is little more blatant a message than here. Here is a man whose mouth is a graveyard full of the things. The Splendid Angharad is quoted as having referred to bullets as “ anti-seed” – “Plant one and watch something die”. A fanged orifice – a real-life version of Mitchell Lichtenstein’s trope in his 2008 film “Teeth” – awaits any man foolish enough to risk his own emasculation.Įven the Bullet Farmer, general of the local lead mine, has had bullets grafted into his teeth. And what is it Joe has adorned the belt with? Beside his betoothed skull/steering wheel emblem, it is actual teeth in further warning and threat to any who may attempt to besmirch his beloved possession. When we first meet the Wives, The Dag is removing Cheedo the Fragile’s chastity belt. It’s his mouth that is shiny and gloried, not his hands or his eyes. This dental imagery pops up in far more places once we start looking.Įach time one of the War Boys prepares himself to enter the gates of Valhalla in a triumphant suicidal act of war, he “ chromes” himself with silver spray across his lips and teeth. Here lies opportunity and strength, the means of rescue or doom for the Wives and their saviours. Joe controls the life-giving source and does so with the emblem of power hovering divinely above.Įven Furiosa’s War Rig, the prime location for the film, has the semblance of teeth on its front plough. There’ll be more on Joe later.Įven the citadel’s great icon of power – the skull and steering wheel – bares its over-pronounced incisors from beneath which Joe rules and ‘gifts’ the Wretched with his teases of water (and note their own predominant lack of teeth as they approach the temporal waterfall). They are quite hideous, they are a chosen means of inciting fear and reverence. His mask has horse teeth embedded across its front. We are never allowed to see his whole face in its entirety, only treated to glimpses as he positions his mask in place before addressing the crowd below. Take Immortan Joe, for example (see above). Because you see, there is a thread that I’ve noticed amidst all the hurling metal and desperate bids for survival, and it’s all about teeth – both their presence and their noted absence. So, despite being many of the reasons why I love it so, I won’t be writing on any of those aspects others have written far more eloquently and personally than I could on these things. Not to mention how the First History Man’s question as the credits roll alludes to our ultimate need for redemption and rescue. Much has already been made of the stunts, the depth of the world Miller has built, the editing, the photography, the feminism, the redemptive themes and how Furiosa’s unspoken-of disability has enthralled and inspired people both young and old. I’ve seen Mad Max: Fury Road three times so far and, despite loving it instantly, it’s somehow improved on each showing.
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