I wish I hadn't seen Alex Garland being a centrist shithead in interviews about this, because I liked it quite a bit
Not an apolitical movie, but a focused on the role of press and media. I wish it had gotten into the war motives more explicitly but it felt a conscious choice to explore imagery and the press. Not subtle about who's who in the war, anyway
This article confirms my worst fear of the #movie#CivilWar depicting an unearned adoration of the #press in general, given its utter failure since at least the 1980's to consistently name people and things as they are and to "speak truth to power", at least here in the #US.
Apparently #film director #AlexGarland follows the disproven ethos of "objectivity", which avoids responsibility for stating truths, ignoring that such "silence" always sides with oppression