>”I don’t see it through a whole new lens. We just keep falling into the same political cycles that the film talks about. The film was based on Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s graphic novel, which was made during the Thatcherite period [of ‘79 to ‘90]. Then I made the film during the Bush administration [01’ to ‘09]. So we keep ending up in these political cycles that speak to what the film is about, and that’s what makes the film timeless in a way. People can just look around and see that the parallels in the film are always present in different forms.”
>”The film just has this timelessness to it. From the political themes to the social themes that run through it, the discussions remain the same. The film I made can be watched now, and you can see the direct parallels. If you watched it just after I made it, you could see the parallels. If you watched it during any subsequent administrations in this country, the themes and narratives that the film talks about are there.”
samponvojta on
did you also shave your v for vagina?
bravetailor on
I get that the director has to pump up his own work, but let’s be real here, the comic book is probably what most people think of before the movie when they see the name V for Vendetta. Let’s not act like they took some obscure graphic novel nobody knew about and then made it popular. V for Vendetta was already one of the most frequently reprinted graphic novels even before it was adapted into a movie. People were running around with Guy Fawkes masks in various protest movements way before the movie came out–such is the impact the graphic novel had.
It would be like Zack Snyder saying that nobody had ever heard of Watchmen before the movie.
brokenmessiah on
IDK about that. It’s a great movie, but its a little hammy in a way I don’t think aged well.
Bad-job-dad on
The comic was written in the early 80’s. It was a prediction of where we going to go if shit didn’t change it. It hasn’t and we’re almost there.
VonMillersThighs on
It’s topical but man the middle hour of that movie drags ass, and Portman’s characters entire story was dumb.
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McTeigue:
>”I don’t see it through a whole new lens. We just keep falling into the same political cycles that the film talks about. The film was based on Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s graphic novel, which was made during the Thatcherite period [of ‘79 to ‘90]. Then I made the film during the Bush administration [01’ to ‘09]. So we keep ending up in these political cycles that speak to what the film is about, and that’s what makes the film timeless in a way. People can just look around and see that the parallels in the film are always present in different forms.”
>”The film just has this timelessness to it. From the political themes to the social themes that run through it, the discussions remain the same. The film I made can be watched now, and you can see the direct parallels. If you watched it just after I made it, you could see the parallels. If you watched it during any subsequent administrations in this country, the themes and narratives that the film talks about are there.”
did you also shave your v for vagina?
I get that the director has to pump up his own work, but let’s be real here, the comic book is probably what most people think of before the movie when they see the name V for Vendetta. Let’s not act like they took some obscure graphic novel nobody knew about and then made it popular. V for Vendetta was already one of the most frequently reprinted graphic novels even before it was adapted into a movie. People were running around with Guy Fawkes masks in various protest movements way before the movie came out–such is the impact the graphic novel had.
It would be like Zack Snyder saying that nobody had ever heard of Watchmen before the movie.
IDK about that. It’s a great movie, but its a little hammy in a way I don’t think aged well.
The comic was written in the early 80’s. It was a prediction of where we going to go if shit didn’t change it. It hasn’t and we’re almost there.
It’s topical but man the middle hour of that movie drags ass, and Portman’s characters entire story was dumb.
It’s trending on HBO Max for a reason…