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Cinelogs #6 So what was Civil War about? (spoilers) (Patreon)

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2024-04-29 21:21:57
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Some thoughts on Alex Garland's Civil War

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Referenced works:

Brendan Hodges - “The Civil War Did Not Take Place” – How Images Are Reality In Alex Garland’s Vision Of A War-Torn America - https://nextbestpicture.com/the-civil-war-did-not-take-place-how-images-are-reality-in-alex-garlands-vision-of-a-war-torn-america/

Thomas Flight - "Civil War - On The Complicated Power of War Photography - https://thomasflight.substack.com/p/civil-war-on-the-complicated-power

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Dominic

Always enjoy your thoughts on film my man, have you seen Damien Walter's video this movie? I don't know if I entirely agree, but he makes some interesting points.

Greg Zuschlag

Again, I feel aligned (as I did with Furiosa) with Tom's criticism that Garland's film (a director whose films I generally think are fantastic) might be "an empty provocation". Again, like Furiosa, Civil War is a very good film that I recommend, but there is a "but" to saying it is great or a masterpiece. Feel free to see Rand Richard Cooper's review, "'Civil War' is Morally Incoherent" (https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/civil-war-morally-incoherent) Apologies for linking if that's taboo. I do think Cooper comes down a bit hard, but his criticism seems to align with Tom's lament here. Or am I not reading that correctly?