Alex Garland’s political action thriller follows hotly anticipated trailer civil war It had its world premiere at SXSW last Thursday to rave reviews. Since then, online reaction — both to the film itself and to film festival reviews — has been divided, which may have been Garland’s intention.
The film is set in the not-too-distant future during the Second American Civil War and tells the story of four journalists (Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, PriscillaCailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson embark on a road trip across war-torn America on a quest to interview the President before separatist forces invade Washington, D.C. (Nick ·Nick Offerman)
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The “A24” movie won’t be released in theaters until April 12. But that hasn’t stopped social media users from discussing the film based on its title alone.
Reviews at SXSW confirmed that the film is about the power of journalism rather than politics, something some on social media debated.
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Maybe “going to war” is a bit of an exaggeration.But after seeing it civil war I was at the SXSW premiere myself, and it was strange to see such an opinionated approach ahead of its wide release. These divided responses may support Garland’s point about the dangers of an “us versus them” mentality, regardless of politics. (Although personally, I found the film’s apolitical attitude unconvincing.)
First, there is a lot of confusion as to why California and Texas would join forces to fight a Civil War.
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Others say that since the film focuses on war journalism, any debate about the film’s politics is deliberately missing the point. Or they believe that the negative reaction to the film’s apolitical attitude caused outrage because Garland didn’t validate the audience’s political stance as much as they thought.
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However, some people found it odd to release the film in an election year and had nothing to say other than “bad for both sides.”
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Garland knew his film would be controversial.He also admitted this in the interview hollywood reporter It said the film intentionally “attempts to spark a conversation about political differences” and “slanders the other side.” It remains to be seen whether this decision to hype up the film will benefit the film at the box office.You just have to wait and see civil war yourself.
civil war Released on April 12th.