"The Village" a 9/11 parable? (w/ poll)
Sun Aug 01, 2004 at 04:09:45 PM PDT
Spoiler warning: This will be a discussion of the new M. Night Shamalayan film, "The Village." If you have not seen the film yet please do not click on the link!
I couldn't help thinking when I watched "The Village" that the theme of people creating an artificial world to escape the violence of the real world was somehow a metaphor of modern America. And when violence once again intrudes into their lives, even in the bubble of their lies, that this is a statement on how Americans had been able to seal themselves off from the rest of the world until 9/11. If this is true it is particularly scary when at the end they are able to continue with life as normal, actually with the lie made even more secure with the death of Adrian Brody's character. Discuss...