Mad Max

by Martyn Conterio

Mad Max (1979) is a freak picture. Too classy and well-crafted to be lumped in with low-budget Ozploitation titles, yet completely unlike other films made during the 1970s Australian New Wave, George Miller's directorial debut is a singular piece of action cinema, one that had a major cultural impact and spawned a movie icon in Max Rockatansky (played by Mel Gibson). This monograph examines the film's considerable formal qualities in detail,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911325868
• ISBN13: 9781911325864
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.4"