"This Time We Take the Engine!": Class War in Dystopian Films of the Occupy Era.
In the wake of the Occupy movement, a group of dystopian films were released that, despite many differences, share a unique series of characteristics. In the Hunger Games trilogy, Elysium and Snowpiercer, class war emerges as the main theme. The 99% are physically shut out from the world of the 1% b...
| Publicado en: | Caietele Echinox Vol. 46; pp. 113 - 126 |
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| Formato: | Film/TV Criticism and Review |
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Echinox Cultural Foundation
2024
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