Theology of the body shop - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast · Thomas V. Mirus, James T. Majewski
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Show Notes
Animation director Timothy Reckart (The Star) joins Criteria to discuss his theory that the greatest action movie of recent years, Mad Max: Fury Road, is best viewed in light of Pope St. John Paul II's theology of the body.
Themes of the discussion include:
- The film's depiction of a society based on use of persons as objects
- How the story reverses the very mechanisms of that use and domination and transforms them into means of self-giving love
- Storytelling through action rather than dialogue
- How this apparently feminist film complicates an ideological reading
- Complementarity rather than enmity between the sexes
Note: This discussion contains adult themes.
Music is The Duskwhales, "Take It Back", used with permission. https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
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