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Your comment makes it quite clear you haven't actually _read_ the article. > The director finds it unfortunate that observers are already drawing parallels bet
by wetmore 13y ago
Your comment makes it quite clear you haven't actually _read_ the article.
> The director finds it unfortunate that observers are already drawing parallels between Elysium and the Occupy movement, a phenomenon that he says wasn’t even a consideration. Blomkamp identifies as neither liberal nor conservative, which doesn’t stop people from ascribing all sorts of agendas to him and his films.
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> But Blomkamp insists Elysium isn’t some sort of filmic Paul Krugman op-ed piece. It’s important for him that his movies grapple with things that matter, in this case economic disparity, immigration, health care, corporate greed. But he disdains prescription-happy “message” movies—that’s what documentaries are for, he says—and intends Elysium to be first and foremost a mass-appeal, summer popcorn flick. Allegory, satire, and dark humor interest him; providing pat answers to society’s woes does not. “Anybody who thinks they can change the world by making films,” he says, “is sorely mistaken.”
- crusso 13y agoYour comment makes it quite clear you haven't actually _read_ the article. No, it makes it quite clear that I didn't just nod my head and agree with whatever came out of his mouth.