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The political crises that disrupted globalized capitalism in the age of inequality led cinema to turn to past precedents as historical allegories of the present.
The political crises that disrupted globalized capitalism in the age of inequality led cinema to turn to past precedents as historical allegories of the present.
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The political crises that disrupted globalized capitalism in the age of inequality led cinema to turn to past precedents as historical allegories of the present.
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MANK disguises its political commentary on the present by packaging itself as a prestige biopic about the genesis of Citizen Kane, when in fact the film seeks to criticize the complicity of present-day liberal Hollywood in marginalizing progressive politicians like Bernie Sanders by focusing on the studios’ smear campaign utilizing fake news against Upton Sinclair in 1934’s California gubernatorial election. How the rich and the poor fared during the Depression also forms the film’s take on America today.
MANK disguises its political commentary on the present by packaging itself as a prestige biopic about the genesis of Citizen Kane, when in fact the film seeks to criticize the complicity of present-day liberal Hollywood in marginalizing progressive politicians like Bernie Sanders by focusing on the studios’ smear campaign utilizing fake news against Upton Sinclair in 1934’s California gubernatorial election. How the rich and the poor fared during the Depression also forms the film’s take on America today.
MANK disguises its political commentary on the present by packaging itself as a prestige biopic about the genesis of Citizen Kane, when in fact the film seeks to criticize the complicity of present-day liberal Hollywood in marginalizing progressive politicians like Bernie Sanders by focusing on the studios’ smear campaign utilizing fake news against Upton Sinclair in 1934’s California gubernatorial election. How the rich and the poor fared during the Depression also forms the film’s take on America today.
Populist voices of discontent against the status quo and the political establishment are met with silencing or crackdown in numerous historical allegories that reflect back on the present, including PETERLOO, recreating the 1819 massacre in Manchester of protesting disenfranchised workers to comment on social unrest today. SUNSET turns to fin-de-siècle Budapest, where the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comes to a catastrophic end at the hands of a violent mob: the ominous prelude to World War One.
Populist voices of discontent against the status quo and the political establishment are met with silencing or crackdown in numerous historical allegories that reflect back on the present, including PETERLOO, recreating the 1819 massacre in Manchester of protesting disenfranchised workers to comment on social unrest today. SUNSET turns to fin-de-siècle Budapest, where the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comes to a catastrophic end at the hands of a violent mob: the ominous prelude to World War One.
Populist voices of discontent against the status quo and the political establishment are met with silencing or crackdown in numerous historical allegories that reflect back on the present, including PETERLOO, recreating the 1819 massacre in Manchester of protesting disenfranchised workers to comment on social unrest today. SUNSET turns to fin-de-siècle Budapest, where the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comes to a catastrophic end at the hands of a violent mob: the ominous prelude to World War One.
Populist voices of discontent against the status quo and the political establishment are met with silencing or crackdown in numerous historical allegories that reflect back on the present, including PETERLOO, recreating the 1819 massacre in Manchester of protesting disenfranchised workers to comment on social unrest today. SUNSET turns to fin-de-siècle Budapest, where the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comes to a catastrophic end at the hands of a violent mob: the ominous prelude to World War One.
Populist voices of discontent against the status quo and the political establishment are met with silencing or crackdown in numerous historical allegories that reflect back on the present, including PETERLOO, recreating the 1819 massacre in Manchester of protesting disenfranchised workers to comment on social unrest today. SUNSET turns to fin-de-siècle Budapest, where the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comes to a catastrophic end at the hands of a violent mob: the ominous prelude to World War One.
Populist voices of discontent against the status quo and the political establishment are met with silencing or crackdown in numerous historical allegories that reflect back on the present, including PETERLOO, recreating the 1819 massacre in Manchester of protesting disenfranchised workers to comment on social unrest today. SUNSET turns to fin-de-siècle Budapest, where the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comes to a catastrophic end at the hands of a violent mob: the ominous prelude to World War One.
The age of inequality marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Sixties, and several key films meditated on the meaning and significance of the watershed moment and political tumult from half a century ago, as well as how the present both echoed and differed from that earlier transformative decade. DETROIT takes us back to the 1967 Detroit riots and the Algiers Motel, where police brutality and white supremacy resulted in brutal abuse and murder. What lessons do the Civil Rights era hold for today and our moment of Black Lives Matter?
The age of inequality marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Sixties, and several key films meditated on the meaning and significance of the watershed moment and political tumult from half a century ago, as well as how the present both echoed and differed from that earlier transformative decade. DETROIT takes us back to the 1967 Detroit riots and the Algiers Motel, where police brutality and white supremacy resulted in brutal abuse and murder. What lessons do the Civil Rights era hold for today and our moment of Black Lives Matter?
The age of inequality marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Sixties, and several key films meditated on the meaning and significance of the watershed moment and political tumult from half a century ago, as well as how the present both echoed and differed from that earlier transformative decade. DETROIT takes us back to the 1967 Detroit riots and the Algiers Motel, where police brutality and white supremacy resulted in brutal abuse and murder. What lessons do the Civil Rights era hold for today and our moment of Black Lives Matter?
The utopianism of the ’60s and the subsequent betrayal of its collective ideals as elites exploit political power for individual gain, leading to a conservative backlash against liberalism’s decadence, are told as “paradise lost” epics featuring Cold War America and Russia: WILD WILD COUNTRY follows an Indian guru’s hippie cult that embodied countercultural rebellion until it was undone by Machiavellian realpolitik; DAU. DEGENERATION climaxes with the right-wing crackdown on a Soviet institute following a period of cultural thaw.
The utopianism of the ’60s and the subsequent betrayal of its collective ideals as elites exploit political power for individual gain, leading to a conservative backlash against liberalism’s decadence, are told as “paradise lost” epics featuring Cold War America and Russia: WILD WILD COUNTRY follows an Indian guru’s hippie cult that embodied countercultural rebellion until it was undone by Machiavellian realpolitik; DAU. DEGENERATION climaxes with the right-wing crackdown on a Soviet institute following a period of cultural thaw.
The utopianism of the ’60s and the subsequent betrayal of its collective ideals as elites exploit political power for individual gain, leading to a conservative backlash against liberalism’s decadence, are told as “paradise lost” epics featuring Cold War America and Russia: WILD WILD COUNTRY follows an Indian guru’s hippie cult that embodied countercultural rebellion until it was undone by Machiavellian realpolitik; DAU. DEGENERATION climaxes with the right-wing crackdown on a Soviet institute following a period of cultural thaw.
The utopianism of the ’60s and the subsequent betrayal of its collective ideals as elites exploit political power for individual gain, leading to a conservative backlash against liberalism’s decadence, are told as “paradise lost” epics featuring Cold War America and Russia: WILD WILD COUNTRY follows an Indian guru’s hippie cult that embodied countercultural rebellion until it was undone by Machiavellian realpolitik; DAU. DEGENERATION climaxes with the right-wing crackdown on a Soviet institute following a period of cultural thaw.
The utopianism of the ’60s and the subsequent betrayal of its collective ideals as elites exploit political power for individual gain, leading to a conservative backlash against liberalism’s decadence, are told as “paradise lost” epics featuring Cold War America and Russia: WILD WILD COUNTRY follows an Indian guru’s hippie cult that embodied countercultural rebellion until it was undone by Machiavellian realpolitik; DAU. DEGENERATION climaxes with the right-wing crackdown on a Soviet institute following a period of cultural thaw.
The utopianism of the ’60s and the subsequent betrayal of its collective ideals as elites exploit political power for individual gain, leading to a conservative backlash against liberalism’s decadence, are told as “paradise lost” epics featuring Cold War America and Russia: WILD WILD COUNTRY follows an Indian guru’s hippie cult that embodied countercultural rebellion until it was undone by Machiavellian realpolitik; DAU. DEGENERATION climaxes with the right-wing crackdown on a Soviet institute following a period of cultural thaw.
ROMA likewise was marketed to the public in generic terms as an uplifting emotional experience that is humanist and compassionate, with little mention of the film’s central recreation of the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre, in which student protestors were killed by paramilitaries recruited from the slums. Indeed, much of the film’s political commentary is only apparent when you look for the clues: precise visual details provide historical references throughout that testify to an oppressive regime and a divided society.
ROMA likewise was marketed to the public in generic terms as an uplifting emotional experience that is humanist and compassionate, with little mention of the film’s central recreation of the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre, in which student protestors were killed by paramilitaries recruited from the slums. Indeed, much of the film’s political commentary is only apparent when you look for the clues: precise visual details provide historical references throughout that testify to an oppressive regime and a divided society.
ROMA likewise was marketed to the public in generic terms as an uplifting emotional experience that is humanist and compassionate, with little mention of the film’s central recreation of the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre, in which student protestors were killed by paramilitaries recruited from the slums. Indeed, much of the film’s political commentary is only apparent when you look for the clues: precise visual details provide historical references throughout that testify to an oppressive regime and a divided society.