Civil War (2024) - Useless or Useful Provocation? #124

Queen is Dead - A Film, TV and Culture Podcast

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In our latest episode, Sanjeet, Dhruv, and Hemant discuss Alex Garland's Civil War, which is now available to buy/rent on all OTT platforms. Using the film's increasingly divisive reception as a jumping point, we try to reason out its potential explanations; then, we center our main discussion on what we thought about the film itself.

Listen to the full episode for a spoiler-filled discussion that praises Garland's late-70s/early-80s-style direction and character work. But, also debates the merits and demerits of posing such bleak questions without proposing any answers.

TIMECODES

Intro/Random Chit Chat: [00:00 - 04:20]

Alex Garland, the director: [04:20 - 41:00]

"Civil War" (2024): [41:00 - 01:28:00]

Outro/(more) Random Chit Chat: [01:28:00 - 01:43:03]

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