PRE-RAPHAELITE SISTERHOOD
Briefly

In George Miller's Furiosa, a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, the film presents the origin of Furiosa quite effectively, though it lacks the genre-defining impact of its predecessor.
Miller's five Mad Max films showcase a repurposed-junk aesthetic, building grotesque yet ingenious vehicles and weapons from the remains of a ruined past.
A striking moment occurs when the Guardian of Gastown paints from a pre-apocalypse artbook, starkly contrasting the harsh, desolate world depicted in Fury Road and Furiosa.
The lush, beautiful imagery of John William Waterhouse’s painting serves as a haunting reminder of what the characters in Mad Max Films have lost in their barren, arid worlds.
Read at Artforum
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