Why does Mad Max not talk?

Miller claimed that he wanted the movies to be “silent movies with sound,” an apparent oxymoron which meant that he was aiming to ape the hyper-visual, stunt-heavy stylings of Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton while keeping the dialogue to a minimum and ensuring the story stayed simple, emotionally intense, and easy-to- ...
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Does Max talk in Mad Max?

Max Only Voices His Story In Fury Road

The original Mad Max has no voiceover, functioning as a setup to the series and an origin story for its antihero. However, by its first sequel The Road Warrior, the narrator is no longer Max but rather the Feral Kid.
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Does Mad Max have dialogue?

Max has 63 lines of dialogue. Furiosa has 80. The total line count came to 1,247 lines. The script has 4,944 words with character names and headings.
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Why is everyone deformed Mad Max?

The War boys all appear to suffer from some sort of terminal disease - most commonly lymphoma. Healthy children are a rarity in the wastes and for those born with the affliction, signing on with Immortan Joe is the only way to prolong their short, miserable lifespans.
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Does Mad Max speak in Fury Road?

There was a fan theory that Mad Max in this film is actually the Feral Kid from the second film, The Road Warrior (1981). Max does not speak very much in this film, and he grunts a lot like the Feral Kid. He also has a music box, like the one that Max gives the Feral Kid in the second film.
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Is Mad Max immortal?

Mad Max Does Age (Despite His Immortality)

In Beyond Thunderdome, Max is going grey at the temples, which is quite an achievement when the script notes that it's been 15 years since the events of The Road Warrior.
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What does Max's tattoo say?

They shave his head and face. They tattoo his back with a notice saying he is a universal blood donor (type O negative), intending to use him as a blood supply.
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Why is Max used as a blood bag?

Blood transfusions from universal donors help keep them going a little longer, which is why the captured Max - who has a universal donor blood type - is strung up and used as a blood bag for Nux (Nicholas Hoult, X-Men: First Class).
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Why do they spray paint their mouth in Mad Max?

It is also believed that the more chrome something is, the more glorious it is. Most prominently, near death War Boys will huff chrome spray paint in their final moments to enter into a dissociative high that will lead them on the road to Valhalla, and give them cool chrome coloured teeth and mouth.
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What is mothers milk in Mad Max?

Description. Mother's Milk is milk gathered from female humans via makeshift milkers. The women hooked up to them, possibly Breeders, are seen with dolls in place of infants. The War Rig had some on board, as revealed when they were stuck in the swamp.
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Is Mad Max based on a true story?

Mad Max: Fury Road and the whole franchise is based on the real-life apocalypse that happened in the 1970s. Here are the real-life origins of the franchise. Mad Max: Fury Road is considered one of the greatest movie series of all time.
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What does Immortan Joe say?

Immortan Joe: Put a bullet in her skull. Stop the rig. Return my treasures to me and I myself will carry you to the gates of Valhalla.
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What was Mad Max's last name?

Max Rockatansky is the title character and antihero protagonist of the Australian post-apocalyptic action film series Mad Max.
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Why does Mad Max not talk in Max and Ruby?

This is because there were reports of correspondence from the show's producers indicating that Max has some type of head injury he sustained in the car accident that allegedly killed his parents, and Ruby is left to care for him.
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Why does Mad Max have a leg brace?

Story-wise, Max wears a leg brace in film two because of the injuries to his leg that he sustained in film one. The brace, like many of the costumes and props in film two, was made to look like it was assembled from whatever pieces Max could scrounge in the wasteland.
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Why does Mad Max wear a mask?

The mask he wears is for the sense that somehow he himself is immortal. From afar, he looks quite formidable, but his mask is basically a breathing mask, to help him breathe, to help him breathe fresh air, and so, but what better than to turn it into something that also looks horrific?
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Why does Furiosa put grease on her forehead?

The highlight really enhanced her cheekbones and made the eyes pop. Furiosa probably would have used a bit of grease or oil to get that sheen, and Charlize [Theron] thought for her character, she'd reapply it like war paint.” “There are different products we used to keep the girls shiny and sweaty.
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Is Immortan Joe sick?

His health is failing. His back is covered in large boils. He seems to have respiratory problems but due to his rank in society, he breathes clean air through a respirator mask (decorated with horse teeth to resemble a skeletal jaw) connected to a large breathing apparatus (resembling bellows) worn on his shoulders.
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What is Valhalla Mad Max?

Valhalla (possibly rendered in writing as "Walhalla") is the supposed paradise that War Boys who serve Immortan Joe enter upon death.
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Why are the Warboys so pale?

While this would already give them a pale appearance, War Boys made themselves look completely white by covering their bodies in a white powder as a tribute to Immortan Joe, who used white powder as medication.
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Why are people tied to cars in Mad Max?

In the movie, the War Boys capture Max, and force him to run behind them while chained to their car. They drive slowly so that he can keep up (barely). This is one of the ways that they humiliate their captives. But the reason they came up with this technique is simple: to save gas.
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Why is Mad Max tied to car?

Putting him on the top or sides of the car would limit visibility and maneuverability. He'd just get in the way.
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Is Max in Fury Road the feral kid?

A theory has been posed that The Feral Kid is the Max seen in Mad Max: Fury Road grown up, but this ruins the legendary status of Max in the original films and goes against the theme of one man being able to make a difference in a broken world.
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How old is Mad Max?

Max's age. Although disputed among the fan community and even George Miller himself, canon follows what Miller has said in interviews . Mad Max - About 23 years old (based on Mel Gibson's age at the time).
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Does Mad Max have special blood?

Max's universal donor blood type makes him a prime catch for Joe's War Boys, as it makes him more useful as a human battery. And "as a human battery" is precisely how he spends the first 40-odd minutes (a third of the total runtime) of Fury Road.
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