the-pi-guy said:
Some people would even argue that those are political in some sense or another. There are plenty of articles about the politics of The Shining. I haven't seen the Shining, so I have no real idea about the movie. Some people have said that everything is political, but I wouldn't go that far. You can easily argue that a lot of stories talk about power dynamics, but simpler stories definitely don't. And a lot of stories are not overt about it's positions. I think it's also important to note that the political messages are often the opposite of what they basically appear to be. You can tell a story about domestic violence, and show how terrifying it is, for example. |
Nice find Pi, excellent article.
Another movie that comes to mind as being full of politics, is in fact, another Stephen King one.
The Dead Zone (1983)
Great performances by Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen.
Also, a shout out to Tom Skerritt's character.
I especially loved the scene between Johnny and Sam, his Jewish doctor, when he asks him "If you could go back in time to (before WW2) when Hitler was alive, and you had the chance to kill him, would you do it?"
What a great scene.
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