>chance to see the film. One certainly *could* do a marxist read of it, I
>guess, but I don't know that reading would be particularly interesting.
A Marxist understanding of the film is in it's role in class struggle- how it actually helps bring class-consciousness to the masses.
Unfortunately, the films' largest problem is "The One" crap. That pretty well destroyed any real purpose this film could have. Then, amongst the group of the "free"-- we see human beings no better than those humans that apparently lead humanity into it's destruction- that is, most notably, the youngest human- a pimp.
One major focus of the film, however, is against materialism-- Being materialistic is seen as wrong/incorrect, but materialistic analysis is the key to being set free.
In this important aspect, the film is marxist-- though, I don't believe these opinions it stresses enough to distill them greatly into the viewer.
Regards,
Brian Basgen
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