Redemption scene
In the redemption scene of Mad Max: Fury Road, we as the audience were able to capture more of Furiosa's affectionate nature and the relationship between Max and Furiosa; as in this scene, George Miller effectively interpreted more of where she came from through the use of Dialogue between Furiosa and Max. For instance, when Max wakes up from a nightmare with fear in his eyes, Furiosa then comforts him by saying “It’s OK go to sleep, get some rest”. Instead of sleeping, Max decides to use the time as they were finally riding smoothly, he asked Furiosa how she knows if the green place exists, she then says “I was born there”, “Why’d you lead” he asked, Furiosa replies “I didn’t..I was taken as a child...stolen”. The conversation went further by Max’s questions in concern of what the wives and Furiosa are looking for. “And them(referring to the wives)” Max asked, “they’re looking for hope” Furiosa replies, “What about you?” Max asks, a bit of a pause until Furiosa replies “..Redemption”. Miller’s purpose of this was clearly signifying to the audience that the relationship between Max and Furiosa is starting to become more open even to a point where emotional intimacy was involved. Lines like “I was taken as a child, stolen” was a sign of emotional intimacy as it was a line that entered Max into a deep vulnerable past of Furiosa; showing him that she had experienced a dark pass in her life. Miller also used the use of questions to show how Max is starting to become concerned regarding Furiosa and the wives. He asked many questions like “Why’d you leave?”, “Have you done this before”, “and them?”, “What about you” which shows us how intrigued he is towards them. Compared to Max from the start of the movie, he has always been travelling by himself independently and has never shown interest or wanting to engage with other people. Although it was a small and short portion of the film, Miller perfected the dialogue as it wasn’t seen as a normal scene of Max and Furiosa but more of a ‘moment’ between the two. The effect this had on the audience gave us a bigger concept of where their relationship will be positioned throughout this movie. Knowing that Furiosa has been through a dark past, it came clear to us that Furiosa would be the character Max can relate to the most as he has also experienced a dark past in his life. Miller's use of dialogue also links us to the wider world. “I was taken as a child..stolen”, Miller immersed these words into this scene through the voice of Furiosa as it is words that have been spoken out by various young women and children into the world we exist in at this moment. Women across the world have spoken out about how they have been taken as a child through child trafficking, and have been stolen from their homes and their families. Like what Furiosa did, fighting for what they have done to her, we need to fight for justice, for the countries to act on preventing child trafficking and children being taken away from their homes.
This is a paragraph explaining how the director of Mad Max: Fury Road controls the use of dialogue within the scene of Redemption.
