Dystopia
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Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) portrays a futuristic world where the central question revolves around what it means to be human, which is problematized against the backdrop of the mass production of human-like replicants by a capitalist enterprise named the Tyrell Corporation. The purpose of the Tyrell Corporation is to provide the muscle and workforce… Read more
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Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016) is a political science-fiction film that explores how the world might respond to first contact with extraterrestrial life. After twelve egg-shaped alien vessels appear across the globe, social order quickly begins to fracture. Riots, looting, cult activity, and widespread panic reveal how easily uncertainty can further destabilize a world in disarray.… Read more
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Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men (2006) presents a dystopian world in which nations suffer from violent conflict, infertility, religious extremism, terrorist attacks, anti-immigrant policies, and state repression. The film depicts a divided world plunged into chaos, with Britain standing as one of the last functioning states through strict governmental control and heavily enforced… Read more
