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Masculinity In Fury Road

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Fury Road (2015) can be seen as a feminist manifesto in genre film for many of the viewers, or the worlds hunger for gasoline for others. Nonetheless, Miller also focused on masculinity in the movie. Miller explores the two types of masculinity that exists in our society, those who are lethal (Immortal Joe) and those who are vigorous (Max). Most of the men in the movie are stereotyped to their masculinity traits that exist in a realist world. Their roles are to work for a leader, their love for cars, and most importantly the power they represent through violence. Miller mise en scène can be seen from the start of the movie, using a closed form shot of Max being trapped in a cage to emphasize the unfamiliar to the viewers. It gives the audience the sense of struggle that Max …show more content…

His immoral acts are also represented by the control of water in the movie, where he tells the “slaves” that they shouldn’t depend on water. This can be related to today’s political world, where dictators are taking full control of the people. While both types of masculinity were engaged in violence, Max and Nux decided to fight for those they care about (themselves and the wives) while Immortan Joe fought to enforce his religion- the idea that people are not “following” him and the idea that dying for him would be rewarded for eternal life and honor; the same idea that are used in wars today. The people eater also counted all the vehicles, fuel and utilities he lost during the fight for Immortan Joe while ignoring the number of fighter lives lost, giving off the sense how men’s life in a battle are no longer important. While Nux and the war boys are not necessarily enchained like the women in the movie, they are still treated like objects (as weapons and not people). Fury Road (2015) can be considered as a realistic film (source), as the story reveals

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