Polar bears in the sun
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During the roundtable, Garland said of “Civil War:”
“I’m shooting a film right now, out in Atlanta. And it’s a war movie. And we came across by the side of the road, when we were on tech scouts, looking for locations, a bunch of abandoned Christmas decorations from somebody who’d set up a winter Wonderland to charge families, and then they’d gone bankrupt and this stuff was just scattered all over fields. And I said, ‘Grab it, talk to the guy who owns the fields, let’s have it and we’ll use it as a backdrop.’ And that is pure surrealism. You’re in Atlanta, it’s in hot sunshine, and everywhere is covered in penguins and polar bears, and Christmas trees and elves. And I didn’t create that, that was found in the world.”
Now I have no idea during what time period the film is set, but considering it’s about a Civil War … well, that could mean the one we already had or the one that feels like it’s been on the way for almost a decade now. It’s terrifying either way. There is also something so ominous about winter decorations in a summer setting. It’s joy, abandoned. It’s the ruins of a celebration. The sadness of memory. Oof. Maybe I should watch fewer Alex Garland films? No. Definitely not. This actually sounds terrifying and surreal (as he said), and I cannot wait to see what this all portends.
“Men” also stars Rory Kinnear. It hits theaters in the United States on May 20, 2022, and in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2022.
Men Director Alex Garland Teases His Next War Movie, Calls It ‘Pure Surrealism’
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By Jenna Busch/May 16, 2022 5:12 pm EST
Polar bears in the sun
During the roundtable, Garland said of “Civil War:”
“I’m shooting a film right now, out in Atlanta. And it’s a war movie. And we came across by the side of the road, when we were on tech scouts, looking for locations, a bunch of abandoned Christmas decorations from somebody who’d set up a winter Wonderland to charge families, and then they’d gone bankrupt and this stuff was just scattered all over fields. And I said, ‘Grab it, talk to the guy who owns the fields, let’s have it and we’ll use it as a backdrop.’ And that is pure surrealism. You’re in Atlanta, it’s in hot sunshine, and everywhere is covered in penguins and polar bears, and Christmas trees and elves. And I didn’t create that, that was found in the world.”
Now I have no idea during what time period the film is set, but considering it’s about a Civil War … well, that could mean the one we already had or the one that feels like it’s been on the way for almost a decade now. It’s terrifying either way. There is also something so ominous about winter decorations in a summer setting. It’s joy, abandoned. It’s the ruins of a celebration. The sadness of memory. Oof. Maybe I should watch fewer Alex Garland films? No. Definitely not. This actually sounds terrifying and surreal (as he said), and I cannot wait to see what this all portends.
“Men” also stars Rory Kinnear. It hits theaters in the United States on May 20, 2022, and in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2022.
Now I have no idea during what time period the film is set, but considering it’s about a Civil War … well, that could mean the one we already had or the one that feels like it’s been on the way for almost a decade now. It’s terrifying either way.
“I’m shooting a film right now, out in Atlanta. And it’s a war movie. And we came across by the side of the road, when we were on tech scouts, looking for locations, a bunch of abandoned Christmas decorations from somebody who’d set up a winter Wonderland to charge families, and then they’d gone bankrupt and this stuff was just scattered all over fields. And I said, ‘Grab it, talk to the guy who owns the fields, let’s have it and we’ll use it as a backdrop.’
And that is pure surrealism. You’re in Atlanta, it’s in hot sunshine, and everywhere is covered in penguins and polar bears, and Christmas trees and elves. And I didn’t create that, that was found in the world.”
There is also something so ominous about winter decorations in a summer setting. It’s joy, abandoned. It’s the ruins of a celebration. The sadness of memory. Oof. Maybe I should watch fewer Alex Garland films? No. Definitely not. This actually sounds terrifying and surreal (as he said), and I cannot wait to see what this all portends.
“Men” also stars Rory Kinnear. It hits theaters in the United States on May 20, 2022, and in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2022.
