During the ’80s, we learned quick that there was no such thing as a Sean Penn movie. Other “teen” actors of that time had their knack. You knew what sort of film would star Judd Nelson, John Cusack, Molly Ringwald or even Matthew Modine. Sean Penn got lost in his character and appeared in films … Read more
This article contains major spoilers. Dystopian films are often treated as a collection of recognizable images: surveillance cameras, brutalist architecture, militarized police, overcrowded cities, and citizens dressed in identical clothes. Those images can establish a mood, but they do not define the genre. A ruined society is not necessarily dystopian,
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