{"id":9862,"date":"2020-01-31T00:42:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=9862"},"modified":"2020-01-31T00:44:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:44:56","slug":"robert-stark-richard-wolstencroft-discuss-the-film-high-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=9862","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark & Richard Wolstencroft discuss the Film High-Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Stark and Melbourne based director\u00a0Richard Wolstencroft<\/a> discuss the film High-Rise<\/i>\u00a0(film)<\/a>, a 2015 film by British director Ben Wheatley<\/a>, based on the novel by J. G. Ballard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Bush Fires in Australia, climate change narrative, and other factors
\nDeep ecology<\/a>\u00a0and right wing environmentalism
\nThe Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard<\/a> including the timely The Drowned World<\/a><\/i>\u00a0, and how Richard would like to adapt his work into a film
\nThe 70s Retro-Futuristic aesthetic
\nBrutalist architecture in High-Rise<\/a>, and the genre in Clockwork Orange and Richard\u2019s upcoming film The Debt Collector<\/a><\/b>
\nIronies of the film\u2019s dystopian nature and how it compares to other dystopian films such as Joker<\/i><\/a>
\nA self-contained city, an\u00a0Arcology<\/a>\u00a0with all amenities within the same structure
\nClass conflict in a society where all classes live within the same structure
\nMetaphor for the breakdown of civilization
\nThe unsustainable of the neoliberal system
\nHow technology exacerbates inequality
\nArchetypes of the characters, including filmmaker Richard Wilder, an apocalyptic anarchic figure
\nThe theme of attempting dialogue with gate keepers and elites who refuse to listen
\nThe architect, a Nietzschean figure, an aesthetic and technological visionary in contrast with our managerial elites
\nConspiracy theories vs. the view of elites as a managerial class who extract resources with no vision for the future<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/High-Rise.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to download!<\/p>\n

Checkout Robert Stark’s Facebook page<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, Stark Truth TV<\/a>, and novel Journey to Vapor Island<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n


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