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Originally Posted by 1&onlybillyshears
The film industry, like music and show-business in general, is designed as much to debase as to uplift the condition of (western) man, probably more so to debase when you consider the complete dross that is 97%+ of output. It is contradictory of course. Most of your recommendations are based on far superior books, with notable exceptions being the Nolan bros (not based on books largely?) - these are transformative in many positive ways, but they are also psychological offensives, Sir Christopher no less. It takes discernment to understand how one is influenced by this media. Think of Edward Bernays, the original propagandist, we can shape and control people's tastes, opinions etc etc, movies are powerful yes, and this is problematic. Movies of big budgets get produced if they are agreed by boardroom men, if they promote certain narratives. This again is not a simplistic relation, not all boardroom men are evil for instance (many of them are), and narratives can be complex. You could probably analyse Contagion with similar perspectives as we see in this thread. This film is predictive programming ofc.
We're in the age of dystopian films that instill a sense of hopelessness. Squid Game, Black Mirror, Ex Machina, Leave the World Behind, Get Out, Joker, etc. It's depressing, to say the least.
