what Mad Max films tell us about filming in the Australian desert

  • Written by: Melanie Ashe, PhD Candidate, School of Media, Film & Journalism, Monash University
what Mad Max films tell us about filming in the Australian desertCourtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

The Mad Max films are set in an arid, barren, post-apocalyptic world known in the movies as “the wasteland”. This is a world of environmental and civil collapse caused by humans. Resources like water are scarce. Clothes, food and transport – such as the film’s famous customised cars –...

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