Screenwriter of some of the masterpieces of cinema, such as Taxi Driver o wild bullPaul Schrader has left an indelible mark on Hollywood with his stories, but he also made his own name as a director far beyond his collaborations with Martin Scorsese. The most recent Oh Canadaabout deserters who fled to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War that premieres this December 25 starring Richard Gere.
The American director, 78 yearsis still very active in the industry, but also on his social networks, where he usually publishes his sincere opinion about the series and movies he has had the opportunity to see. You do it through your account at Facebookwhere over the last few months he has given his opinion on Dune: Part Two by Denis Villeneuve, The Moon Killers from his beloved Scorsese or the applauded Netflix series Ripleyamong others.
One of his most surprising recommendations is what he considers one of the great highlights of 2024, Civil War of Alex Garlandand not because it is not, which it is, but because of how he describes it.
The film premiered in Spanish cinemas on April 19, 2024 and is now available on Movistar Plus+ and Prime Video.
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Last spring, Paul Schrader dedicated some effusive words of praise to the war drama by the director of Ex MachinaAlex Garland, which had the most successful start for an A24 production in the US and ultimately grossed over $126 million at the worldwide box office.
For him, the dystopian vision of the future is scarier than many of the genre’s most common horror figures:
“CIVIL WAR. What a terrifying movie. It dramatizes the form that internal conflict could take and makes you think twice before flippantly using the term “civil war.” It makes you realize how lucky you are has been the United States for 175 years,” the filmmaker reflected.
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In the film, set in a near-future version of the United States, viewers find that a violent civil war is raging, with forces from Texas and California fighting their way toward the White House. In this scenario, a team of journalists and war photographers undertakes a dangerous road trip towards Washington DC with the aim of arriving before rebel forces storm the White House and wrest control from the President of the United States.
“A brutal, distressing and tension-laden ‘road trip’ that forces the viewer to reflect through the emotions of the protagonists,” reads the 4-star review published by Sara Heredia in SensaCine. “Transferring the war to the apparently peaceful United States is a real success in bringing us closer to the terror that is currently occurring in many parts of the world,”
