Strategies for commemorating the Anthropocene in post-apocalyptic cinema: A study of George Miller’s “Mad Max” film series

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 the paradigms of organizing memory. Furthermore, the article separates the phases of evaluating the past in the discussed tetralogy: from longing for civilization and technological power, through dreams of its reconstruction, to the rejection of the Anthropocene and a turn towards pure nature.