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Apr 10, 2024 · The main characters of “Civil War” are four journalists. The film introduces them covering a clash in New York City between what appear to be police forces from the official government and violent members of the opposition (we have to infer a lot because Garland drops you right into the deep end, as Haskell Wexler did in “Medium Cool,” about a news cameraman covering the 1968 protests ...
Apr 11, 2024 · When the soldiers and journalists eventually make their way through the combat zone and into the White House, a government official offers terms of surrender — only to be killed outright. With ...
- Reuben Baron
Sep 14, 2024 · As with any good movie, Civil War's premise establishes a unified foundation and a clear enemy that the protagonists can work toward and fight against. Tossing real-world politics into the film would have defeated the purpose of Civil War being a blockbuster film as opposed to a documentary or some other type of more journalistic content.
- Greg Macarthur
Apr 12, 2024 · Photo: Murray Close. The politics of Civil War are nonpartisan and vague on purpose, according to writer-director Alex Garland. The A24 film, in theaters now, depicts a homegrown conflict through ...
- Zoe Guy
- Contributor
Mar 15, 2024 · At a South by Southwest Film & TV panel the day after the film’s world premiere screening, the Ex Machina and Annihilation filmmaker broke his silence on these topics and more. Civil War has ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Most of all it is a chilling, believable warning for the US and by extension countries around the world. "It's a film about the product of polarisation and division," as Garland told CBS in one of ...
Movie Info. Synopsis From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before ...
