Civil War is Psychotic
Alex Garland’s Civil War (2024) isn’t as interested in the inner workings or complexities of the Balkanization of American politics as one would assume, as many have pointed out everywhere from professional reviews to social media. What they don’t as readily point out is that the “what if?” scenario of Civil War is less a fictional reflection of machinations in order—it’s not Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park (1971), where the Nixon administration declares a national emergency and has everyone vaguely left-wing rounded up... Читать дальше...