Monday, November 21, 2016

high-rise (2015). directed by ben wheatley.


speaking of dystopian futures, though this story feels like the 70s (j.g. ballard wrote the book in 1975). depicting class wars taking place in an apartment building, like literally, at times i feel like the film is a disjointed. perhaps it wants to convey the claustrophobic feeling of being boxed in a class where you can't move, laterally or vertically (in this case, absurdly trapped in a building). the upper class partied like there is no tomorrow, oblivious to the destruction around them, as they often are (why is that not surprising?). the lower class suffered, because that's all they can do. 

i don't enjoy it too much, the feel of the film is too detached. but i get the point.  

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