Mad Max: Fury Road is dense with myths, but Max is the biggest of all

No, using a couple of mammoth, mountainside pipes to pour water down on the thirsty post-apocalyptic hordes of Mad Max: Fury Road didn’t make any logistical sense, but that’s the point. Inspired by someone complaining about the total impracticality of Immortan Joe’s water-distribution system, Rafael Hernán Gamboa created a video essay on his YouTube channel The Long Take that sets about deconstructing the largely unspoken mythology of George Miller’s modern classic, a film that Gamboa argues is itself an exploration of myths and how belief affects our lives.