A huge battered tanker rig is wedged in a narrow red canyon as a small pale figure stands with arms spread at its open door.

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Nux

I live, I die, I live again!

— Mad Max: Fury Road  ·  2015

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What it means

Our interpretation.

It is a death-cult creed in miniature, and the film lets you see how much it sounds like hope. Fans use it as a joke about a bad day that will get better, and it works as a motto for resilience with the mania left in.

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Spoilers for Mad Max: Fury RoadShow the scene

In Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), the War Boys of Immortan Joe's Citadel believe that a glorious death in battle sends them to Valhalla, where they will live, die, and be reborn. Nux, whose body is failing, is strapped to a car with Max as his transfusion bag and joins the pursuit of the War Rig, and shouts this line as the chase accelerates toward a dust storm.

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