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Distopian Film. A typical dystopian film illustrates a functional society
portrayed in the existing future when life is not only ...
Submitted by stacestacestace on October 15, 2005
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A typical dystopian film illustrates a functional society portrayed in the existing future when life is not only unpleasant and frightening; it resembles characteristics of the current time period. These characteristics are often taken to the extreme with the intention of critiquing present political and technological influences. In an excerpt titled, “Technology and Politics in the Blade Runner Dystopia,” the author, Judith Kerman, discusses the relationships between Blade Runners’ (1982) “implicit political critique and the technologies which it presents as a typical of and central to the story.”
(Kerman,) This critique is also evident throughout other dystopian films such as Clockwork Orange (1971) and The Matrix (1999).
There are three main themes that are apparent in all three movies; the evident hierarchy structure of society where upper, middle and lower class are definite and for the most part, unchallenged, a strict conformity among citizens of what is real with the general assumption that individuality is unacceptable and lastly, the questioning by the protagonist of what is real and what is not from the confusion caused by the advanced technology in society. These three themes are explored in each of the films based on the fact that these films central idea was to criticize the societys’ heavy absorption of technology and political control.
In all three movies it is evident that there is a hierarchy societal structure where the upper, middle and lower classes are definite and these roles are often accepted in response to the strict political influence the government. The government is usually corrupt and creates or continues to promote the poor quality of life, which conditions the masses to believe the society is normal and just.
In Blade Runner, the hierarchy is clearly displayed through the police force and the large corporations, notably The Tyrell Corporation control the society and keep the social classes...
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