I am loving Piotr Szulkin’s work at the moment. He’s got such a magnificent take of satirical films, combining sci-fi elements with intensely absurd imagery and ideas. This film was definitely a lot more bizarre than War of the Worlds: Next Century 1988, which felt more grounded and easier to grasp. I did really enjoy this, the atmosphere was grimy and grotesque, there were so many sleazy and slightly disturbing moments which was quite fun. There was still a satirical message throughout the film although it was more difficult to grasp the War of the Worlds, it was something along the lines of authoritarian systems that replace real human life with an artificial, and very ridiculous, sense of heroism, and how ideology can be so easily fed to the people in order to control them. Even if I did miss the message of the film I still adored the grimy aesthetic of it, Szulkin is a master of creating such creepy environments. Loved it!
I am loving Piotr Szulkin’s work at the moment. He’s got such a magnificent take of satirical films, combining sci-fi elements with intensely absurd imagery and ideas. This film was definitely a lot more bizarre than War of the Worlds: Next Century 1988, which felt more grounded and easier to grasp. I did really enjoy this, the atmosphere was grimy and grotesque, there were so many sleazy and slightly disturbing moments which was quite fun. There was still a satirical message throughout the film although it was more difficult to grasp the War of the Worlds, it was something along the lines of authoritarian systems that replace real human life with an artificial, and very ridiculous, sense of heroism, and how ideology can be so easily fed to the people in order to control them. Even if I did miss the message of the film I still adored the grimy aesthetic of it, Szulkin is a master of creating such creepy environments. Loved it!