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 is everyone sick in Mad Max?

Health issues

Most of them are plagued by cancer, the most common one being lymphoma, others resulting in partial or complete blindness. They require blood transfusions to prolong their lives and it's one of the reasons they hunt for unsuspecting wanderers of The Wasteland such as Max.
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What is the stuff they spray on their mouths in Mad Max?

In case you have not seen Mad Max: Fury Road, the War Boys are known to spray their mouths with silver spray paint before shouting “WITNESS ME!” and sacrificing themselves for their leader Immortan Joe, on the promise of an eternal trip to feast in Valhalla. Buyers beware.
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Why do they spray their mouths silver in Mad Max?

They are not huffing paint. It has nothing to do with "huffing." They are spray painting their "grills" (teeth) so they will be (as they say in the film) "shiny and chrome" when they go to their Valhalla. Remember, in their Valhalla, they ride forever.
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Why does Mad Max wear a knee brace?

ONTO THE 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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12 Mad Facts About Mad Max



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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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 is Mad Max a blood bag?

In the Mad Max universe, the term 'Bloodbag' refers to a person of perfect health who is forced to donate their blood to a person who has fallen ill. In Mad Max: Fury Road, Max Rockatansky is taken by a War party to the Citadel in order to give blood to Nux, who was dying from a blood-borne disease.
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What is mother's milk Mad Max?

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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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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Is Furiosa Immortan Joe's daughter?

Furiosa was born in a fertile land known as the Green Place. A daughter of Mary Jo Bassa, she is one of the Vuvalini of Many Mothers. She was taught how to read by the many mothers. Her initiating Mother was K.T.
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What does Immortan Joe say to Nux?

Immortan Joe: [sprays Nux's mouth with chrome spray paint] You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome.
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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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What is the salt in Mad Max?

Closed 6 years ago. In Mad Max: Fury Road, it's strongly implied that the Pacific Ocean has evaporated (or almost entirely evaporated), and is now just "the Great Salt." In particular, Max says that riding across the Great Salt for over a hundred days on a motorcycle, you still would find "nothing but salt."
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Did the oceans dry up in Mad Max?

George Miller hasn't yet revealed the reason behind the disappearance of water in the wasteland, but with the context provided by the Mad Max series, nuclear warfare is probably the safest bet.
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Why do they call it Guzzoline?

Etymology. "Gasoline" is an American word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The term is thought to have been influenced by the trademark "Cazeline" or "Gazeline", named after the surname of British publisher, coffee merchant, and social campaigner John Cassell.
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What is Aqua Cola in Mad Max?

aqua cola (n.): Water pumped by Immortan Joe from under The Citadel. Since water is so rare, he uses it as a leverage commodity to control everyone and everything.
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Where did Max go in Mad Max?

In a ruined world already tearing itself apart, this was the last thing tethering Max to the remnants of civilization, and severing that final tie set him adrift, which we subsequently saw in The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome. On one hand, he floats through this desolate existence, just surviving.
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Why do they drink mothers milk in Mad Max?

Immortan Joe keeps a whole crew of women captive in order to harvest their breast milk and use it for sustenance for him and his closest. Essentially, these women are slaves, used only for their bodies' ability to produce milk, which he also commodifies, and then trades with Gas Town and the Bullet Farm.
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What does the tattoo on Mad Max's back say?

The War Boys take Max to their lair in the Citadel, a system of caves in a very tall mesa. 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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What is a universal donor in Mad Max?

The concept of blood type O as the "universal donor" is in reference to packed red blood cells, which are the most commonly transfused blood product. But when Max's blood is transfused, they are transfusing whole blood, which contains both red blood cells and plasma (the liquid component of blood).
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Are Toecutter and Immortan Joe the same?

For example, the late Hugh Keays-Byrne returned to the Mad Max series to play Fury Road's primary villain Immortan Joe, decades after he played the original Mad Max's antagonist, Toecutter.
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What are the bald people in Mad Max?

The “war boys” of warlord Immortan Joe – bald and brilliantly white against the desert sand – are particularly evocative and disturbing. They are soldiers born to die dreaming of Valhalla. Also leukemia. Within the first five minutes of Mad Max we're introduced to Joe's ghostly army, whose ferocity comes with a price.
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What happened to the green place in Mad Max?

It was capable of growing crops and maintaining a population of settlers. However, at some point the soil became contaminated. Vegetation stopped growing and the Green Place was plagued with crows. The Vuvalini moved on once they knew the area was incapable of supporting a harvest.
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