I just saw #a24's #civilwar directed by Alex Garland and I'm pretty disappointed by the real lack of social or political commentary and the choice to paint war journalists as adrenaline junkies who seek sick thrills and don't care about the people and struggles they document.
Also highlighting that the movie really wants to believe that documenting atrocities doesn't matter.
Just the most dead brain liberal understanding of the dynamic of between why countries might descend into civil war and the most dead brain liberal answer of "how to stop creeping fascism/authoritarianism"
"A visually impressive exercise in saying nothing"
Absolutely no critical understanding of the political economy of the mass media.
Highly recommend "It Could Happen Here" if you want like an indepth socio-political analysis and plausible scenario of the next american civil war
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