Snowpiercer

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  • #54852
    wv
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    Snowpiercer is one of them ‘dystopian’ type movies, with plenty of in your face social commentary about class, hierarchy, education-indoctrination, etc.

    I liked it. It’s not for everyone.

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    Budget $40 million[2]
    Box office $86.8 million[3]

    Snowpiercer (hangul: 설국열차; hanja: 雪國列車; RR: Seolgungnyeolcha) is a 2013 English-language South Korean-Czech science fiction thriller film based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.[4] The film is directed by Bong Joon-ho,[5][6] and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson. The film marks Bong’s English-language debut; approximately 80% of the film was shot in English.[7][8]

    The film stars Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. The movie takes place aboard the globe-spanning Snowpiercer train which holds the last remnants of humanity after an attempt at climate engineering in order to stop global warming has unintentionally created a new ice age. Evans stars as Curtis Everett, a member of the lower-class tail section passengers as they lead a revolution against the elite of the front of the train. Filming was done on train car sets mounted on gimbals at Barrandov Studios in Prague to simulate the motion of the train.

    Snowpiercer was well-received by critics, and appeared on many film critics’ top ten film lists of 2014 following its international release. Praise was primarily directed towards its vision, direction and performances, particularly Evans and Swinton’s. Initially planned for a limited-screen showing in the USA, the critical response to the film prompted The Weinstein Company to expand the showing to more theaters and through digital streaming services. Produced at a budget of $40 million, it remains as the most expensive Korean production ever.[9]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer

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    Big spoilers in this late scene in the movie

    #54855
    bnw
    Blocked

    Why wouldn’t the elites just disconnect the tail section of the train?

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

    #54856
    Billy_T
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    I saw it back in 2014, if memory serves, and I loved it. One of my favorite movies of the last several years. Not too many films tackle “class” issues from an unabashedly left-wing perspective these days, and this one did. It didn’t try to preach. It just showed the grotesque injustice of forced (always arbitrary) hierarchies and massive inequalities in a brilliant and unique way — via story, visuals, mood, music, etc.

    Thanks for the reminder. I really need to see it again.

    #54859
    nittany ram
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    Yeah, Snowpiercer was good. Was that a ‘made for Netflix’ film? Netflix has a bunch of good but relatively unheralded programs.

    #54862
    zn
    Moderator

    Why wouldn’t the elites just disconnect the tail section of the train?

    They use the children from the tail section for special slave labor tasks only children can perform.

    Actually the so-called elites do not run the society in the train. It’s all run by the owner. Whether or not you are elite or middle-brow or in the tail section depends on how much you originally paid to get on the train.

    #54865
    zn
    Moderator

    Yeah, Snowpiercer was good. Was that a ‘made for Netflix’ film? Netflix has a bunch of good but relatively unheralded programs.

    No it had a theatrical release. In fact, because the distributors tried to mess with it, and held up its release, there was a petition movement to get it into theaters.

    From the wiki:

    US release controversy

    On 9 November 2012, The Weinstein Company acquired the distribution rights to Snowpiercer from CJ Entertainment, based on the script and some completed footage, with a plan for wide release in North America, as well as throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It was released in the United States on 27 June 2014 in just eight theaters in selected cities. This delay was caused by Harvey Weinstein, an owner of The Weinstein Company, requesting 20 minutes of footage be edited and opening and closing monologues be added, but [director[ Bong declined. In response, a Free Snowpiercer petition campaign demanding the director’s cut of the film to be released in the US was created by cinematic activist Denise Heard-Bashur. Eventually Bong succeeded in getting the film released in an uncut form;] however the film switched distributors to Radius-TWC, which meant the film only received a limited release in art house cinemas. On 3 July 2014, it was announced that due to the positive reviews that Snowpiercer would get a wider US release and play in over 150 theaters.

    #54888
    wv
    Participant

    School scene:

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