Film world has capitalism and crisis in its sights

Communism and terrorism have long vied for the title of cinema's favorite bad guy. Now, it seems, capitalism looks set to challenge them, with globalization as its evil sidekick.

At least 11 dramas and documentaries at this year's Berlin film festival cast a mostly critical eye on the world of banking and big business. Economic migration is portrayed less as an opportunity to make dreams come true and more as a necessary evil requiring people to take huge risks only to end up in a kind of modern-day slavery away from their families. [snip]

Critics believe that by tackling the economic crisis, directors are continuing the kind of political cinema popular toward the end of George W. Bush's presidency, when movies tackled issues ranging from the Iraq war to health care.

"I'd say cinema was already fairly political, I think particularly starting with the late Bush years,"

said Jay Weissberg of trade publication Variety.

The German film maker, like others in Berlin, was aware of the 'irony' that his movie was made with money from a financing powerhouse...

[Evidently the 'evils' of capitalism {wealth & profit} are ok when put to acceptable ends. Typical. Let's remember we're being spoon fed the political beliefs of those who's entire existence has revolved around fantasy...]

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