A pretty true reading of the film. Sadly, you can see each characters' soul die in the movie as they huddle around their own silos of nonsense.
I'm reminded of the recent movie "Mountainhead" as well -- both movies are about powerful people who concede that obtaining a considerable amount of more power involves lowering yourself to a certain level, and then you watch as they gleefully commit to said lowering, using their privilege to offer what they think are empty compromises in service of a worse world for others. It's disgusting. It's timeless.
A pretty true reading of the film. Sadly, you can see each characters' soul die in the movie as they huddle around their own silos of nonsense.
I'm reminded of the recent movie "Mountainhead" as well -- both movies are about powerful people who concede that obtaining a considerable amount of more power involves lowering yourself to a certain level, and then you watch as they gleefully commit to said lowering, using their privilege to offer what they think are empty compromises in service of a worse world for others. It's disgusting. It's timeless.
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I just watched MOUNTAINHEAD this week and 100% agree.