STRATEGIES FOR COMMEMORATING
THE ANTHROPOCENE IN POST-APOCALYPTIC CINEMA:
A STUDY OF GEORGE MILLER’S MAD MAX FILM SERIES Cover Image

STRATEGIE UPAMIĘTNIANIA ANTROPOCENU W KINIE POSTAPOKALIPTYCZNYM NA PRZYKŁADZIE FILMOWEJ SERII MAD MAX GEORGE’A MILLERA
STRATEGIES FOR COMMEMORATING THE ANTHROPOCENE IN POST-APOCALYPTIC CINEMA: A STUDY OF GEORGE MILLER’S MAD MAX FILM SERIES

Author(s): Marcin Kowalczyk
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Mad Max; Anthropocene; post-apocalyptic cinema; George Miller;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses various ways of commemorating the heritage of the Anthropocene in post-apocalyptic cinema. The main subject of consideration is the Mad Max series of films by George Miller.The author of the text shows the evolution of thinking about the human era, as well as changes in theparadigms of organizing memory. Furthermore, the article separates the phases of evaluating the pastin the discussed tetralogy: from longing for civilization and technological power, through dreams of itsreconstruction, to the rejection of the Anthropocene and a turn towards pure nature.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 161-172
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish