watching that A24 civil war movie rn
took a break to get snacks. current thoughts: war journalism takes its toll. but also, it seems like its asking does journalism do anything?
didnt finish this - holy shit this movie is bad
i got halfway through it thinking "oh wow this movie is way better than people gave it credit for"
but it follows up on nothing it established. our main character has concerns about whether journalism does anything at all, her driver literally gets hard from war zones and is friends with crazies.
the only halfway interesting discourse is the young girl who sees our main character as an idol. the discourse generated between the two is genuinely interesting — for half the movie. theres even a scene where she manipulates the main character into wearing a dress and smiling for a picture, twice. but theres no followup on that.
taking it either in the direction of "oh shit journalism doesnt do what we want it to but genuine human connection might" - *or* in the direction of "holy shit journalists are crazy psychos" wouldve been interesting but nooooooooooo we're not allowed to have fun here.
