A martini, shaken not stirred.

if they get a shot of whiskey, they're cool.

If they order a fine chardonnay,

they're probably trying to go for class.

But there's one drink in cinema that requires a bit of explanation

I see you're drinking one percent, is that cause you think you're fat?

Probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of milk is youth and innocence.

When a sixteen year old, uses his charm and grace to mimic being a pilot

We're reminded of his age by his drink choice.

Would you like a drink after take-off?

Milk?

In "A Clockwork Orange", the adolescents drink milk

a gentle reminder that all this mayhem is being caused by kids.

James Dean famously nurses a bottle of milk in such a way

that we get a visual cue of his conflict between maturity in adulthood.

Of course if you don't drink milk then you're manly.

how tough am I?

how tough am I?!

I had a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning

He, yeah. So?

without any milk.

Ah.. right this way. Sorry, to keep you waiting.

If you want to go for a deep reading

you could say that Kevin spilling milk in home

alone is a symbol of his lack of

\maternal nourishment or you could say

John Hughes just wanted the visual joke

of everybody crying over spilled milk.

But this only scratches the surface many

adults also drink milk and that's where

it gets more complicated.

Milk is a symbol of childishness so it's humorous

to see "Leon the professional"

a hyper-masculine assassin drinking it throughout the movie.

It fits into the

comedic moments of the movie, but it also

sheds light on his maternal side as he...

takes Matilda under his wing

in this instance drinking milk is a joke but

many times drinking milk has the

opposite intent, it's creepy.

There's something off about a grown man

drinking milk and filmmaker seem to be

well aware of this intuition

In "Hitchcock's suspicion" the audience

suspect that the milk maybe poisoned,

it's an eerie choice to have milk, a drink we

associate with innocence and purity be

the drink that may be poisoned.

I don't think it would have had nearly the same

effect if it were a cup of coffee or

a shot of whiskey

there's something delightful about

making milk threatening we see this

again "Inglorious Basterds" Colonel Hans

Landa chugs a glass of milk from Lapid's

farm and it has the creepy factor

but there's more to it than that

I quote the social theorist rolling bars

and his take on milk.

Monsieur, a votre ami, et a vos vache

Je dit, bravo.

So, when a villain grabs a glass of milk

it's creepy but it also shows their

power their conquering the pure and

innocent by consuming it and there's

a strength to that.

When I saw "Mad Max Fury Road"

in theaters the only time people

audibly cringed in the crowd

wasn't during an action sequence

it was when this happened.

Western culture has an aversion to

breast milk seeing it as taboo to drink

as an adult.

Taste a little smell funky..

That's because, that's some Deby's left breast, Greg.

The choice to harvest breast milk in the

movie further alienate the

post-apocalyptic world from our own in

"Short mad max fury road" is a movie about

fluids women are exploited for their...

breast milk men are exploited for their blood

and the populace is exploited by

controlling the water supply the

complete control of these liquids by

an Immortal Joe shows his dominion over

his world and the milk is no exception

in fact his sons drink the mouth to keep

up their muscle mass reinforcing the

idea that consuming milk is a sign of

strength.

What's so great about using these

liquids in the film is that it allows

Mad Max to introduce plot points and

...character arcs non-verbally after Mad...

Max performs his first selfless act for

Furiosa he washes himself with milk.

Symbolizing the start of his

transformation from a selfish man only

looking for survival, to one who cares

and nurtures for others return to

completely trusting Furiosa is

symbolized by him giving her his blood

another liquid symbol "Mad Max: Fury Road"

is a prime example of milk enhancing the

visual storytelling of a movie.

Milk is a powerful storytelling device it can show

someone as a child but it can also be

used to unsettle show character

strengths or give information about the plot.

So the next time you see a

character drinking something ask yourself

Got milk?

Thanks for watching.

Here it is, a groove, slightly trans..-form, just a bit of a break

...from the norm, just a little something to break the

monotony of all that hard.