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Mar 18, 2019 · The reason I created this movie stems from this notion that we are our worst enemies – as individuals but also as a society and as a group. One of the main problems with certainly the United States and many other countries in the world right now is that there is lasting and emboldened xenophobia.
- Can You Clarify Exactly What The “Tethered” Are?
- Who Created The Tethered?
- What Are The Tethered A Metaphor for?
- Us Also Means The U.S., Right?
- Do The Tethered Exist Across The World?
- What Was Hands Across America? and Why Is It A Theme of The Movie?
- Why Scissors?
- Why The Red Jump Suits and Single Gloves?
- Jeremiah 11: 11
- What’s with The Rabbits?
(Photo by @ Universal) Who the Tethered are is explained, to some extent at least, in two key moments in the movie. There is the fireside chat, in which Red, Adelaide’s double/Tethered, answers Gabe’s (Winston Duke) question, “What are you people?” with a “Once upon a time…” tale that reveals that an entity called “they” created the doubles by clon...
It’s never made explicitly clear who exactly created the Tethered, and the “why” – to control the above-ground population – is not really fleshed out. We only hear the creators referred to as “they.” Most theorists believe it’s the government. Not only does the below-ground facility we visit in the film’s climax look and feel government-y, but ther...
(Photo by @ Universal) It’s there in the title:us. The obvious point being made in Us is that we are our own worst enemy, so “watch yourself.” Peele said as much in a Q&A following the movie’s premiere at South by Southwest, and elaborated in an interview with the Guardian. “We are our own worst enemy, not just as individuals but more importantly a...
Bingo. When asked “What are you people?,” Red answers “We’re Americans” in a line that has been singled out by some critics as being perhaps a bit too on-the-nose. Multiple points seem to be being made here: That the Tethered are Americans, just like us; and that these are our “fellow Americans” who’ve been living this way (just like it’s your fell...
That remains to be seen, but there are suggestions throughout the film that this is a uniquely American phenomenon. There’s Red’s line, “We’re Americans,” and also the overarching theme of “Hands Across America.” Most tellingly, though, is that Adelaide’s plan of escape is to drive along the coast and get to Mexico. Does she know, as a former Tethe...
(Photo by @ Universal) This weekend, Hands Across America is the most highly trafficked Wikipedia page in the world (we presume). But back in 1986, it was a charity event and campaign that was staged on Sunday May 25, that saw some 6.5 million people hold hands and form a human chain across the country (from sea to shining sea, as it says in the ad...
Paper dolls were a big deal around the time of Hands Across America – a few quick snips and you could create a optimistic little piece of craft that spoke to a unified country – and an idea that Adelaide held onto when she was dragged into the underground facility. We see her cutting paper dolls towards the end of the movie, standing by a blackboar...
(Photo by @ Universal) This is pure speculation, as no one has come out and explained the significance of the jump suits or the gloves – or how the Tethered got a hold of so many suits, gloves, and gold scissors for that matter. (Amazon Prime is everywhere.) But a number of online theories suggest the influence of Michael Jackson in the costume cho...
If you, like us, Googled “Jeremiah 11:11” the moment the Us credits rolled, you, like us, probably thought: well, yep, that makes sense. The verse reads: “Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me I will not hearken unto them.” A terrifying evil unle...
When we asked Peele about the rabbits at the Us premiere, he said it was simply that rabbits were scary: “You can tell in their eyes, they have the brain of a sociopath.” But there’s more going on here, we think. There is, of course, some serious Alice in Wonderland vibes – young girl follows white rabbit into another world. But then there is also ...
James Dubbeldam's intriguing and thoughtful 6-minute short film Your Worst Enemy is a slightly experimental film that declines to explain itself and invites the viewer into the journey of Mia (Leilani Gobaleza), a young woman we first meet as she's appearing face-to-face with the ocean in an obvious degree of disttress with fear worn across her ...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Archenemy has a 74% approval rating based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: " Archenemy fails to follow through on some of its more interesting ideas, but Joe Manganiello's lead performance and the picture's infectious raw energy make for a fun action ...
Dec 11, 2020 · The buzz-worthy sci-fi movie from director Adam Egypt Mortimer, now in theaters and Video on Demand, has a seemingly straightforward ending. But further insight from Mortimer may provide a...
Mar 9, 2019 · The story’s most disturbing implication, succinctly stated by its title, is that we are always our own worst enemy, susceptible to an evil that comes from within.
Dec 8, 2023 · Tinged with a little Hitchcock and Jordan Peele, writer-director Sam Esmail’s new film is a disquieting exploration into what it might be like to suddenly lose the creature comforts people
