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Saw this on Friday and found it very powerful. It is an utterly compelling thriller, but so much more. The imagery and social/political issues central to a world two decades on are frighteningly familiar. One of those 'how far from reality is this' sensations. Like D-N I don't want to say too much and will probably come back to the thread when the film has been a little more widely viewed.
The scenes of 'combat' strike me as starkly real, though, obviously only as real as they could seem to someone who hasn't been in a war. I'd be really interested to know what someone who had been in a modern combat situation, Iraq, say, thought about them.
Technically accomplished, fabulous performances, compelling narrative and some genuinely confronting and moving moments. I had a couple of hmmms, but honestly, it feels churlish to even mention them.
Please go see it, it's really good.
TPC - I think your concerns are unfounded. First, the film focuses very much on the impact of and reaction to the infertility crisis. I'm thinking back and I don't recall any implication of blame, although some of the social consequences victimise sections of society - not exclusively women by any means. In fact, the film looks at the impact on society, men and women, of childlessness. This is not portrayed or treated as a 'women's problem', it is everyone's problem. The impact of lost children is shown to be equally devestating for men and women, both as individuals and as part of communities. I could go on, but honestly, I'd just recommend that you see it. I'd also suggest being cautious of linking issues of female biology with femininity, although I accept that I may be reading the word in a different way to which you intended it. |
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