Wachowski brothers never say anything for the heck of it. They say something only when they have some concrete thoughts. Its amazing how they can bring in entertainment and philosophy together. In this god forsaken city-Chennai- the movie never showed in the theatre. But I got my hand on it, and that was it. I loved the movie.
The movie gives us another way to look at terror, and the government. Few days back there was terrifying incident of blasts in Mumbai. Two days back, there was news about explosives found in the air planes at london. The war in Isarael is being covered by the media. What you and I hear are the reports from the media. The 'truth' they say is covered. However, we all know what we hear is not simply the truth but the interpretation of truths. If today's government wants us to know that blasts happened and certain community was involved in it, we will definitely get to hear that from the media. Where as, if government didn't wish to tell us, media will not be powerful enough to make it reach us. What we see is half truth. Terror is easy to spread through such half truths. We all witnessed it, in the bombay riots when terrible atrocities were committed agaist the muslims. People may call it fear out of which they were compelled to act so. But question is, where did the terror come from? May be government wanted people to get scared and commit crimes against certain community. History tells us how under nazi rule, most germans thought is was convenient to be jew haters and were compelled to be so. Till finally the state rule changed and people were asked to love jews and stop atrocities against them. Point that the movie makes is: Media can easily brainwash the mob and government can use media as a puppet. The terrorists may be true but ascribing terrorism to one community is almost like repeating the history from the times of the Nazi rule.
V, the hero of the movie, the anarchist, tries to use media to make people get out of the trained thinking.
The movie throws a light on the fact that a layer of information could very well be sitting under the dust of media affected information.
The movie gives us another way to look at terror, and the government. Few days back there was terrifying incident of blasts in Mumbai. Two days back, there was news about explosives found in the air planes at london. The war in Isarael is being covered by the media. What you and I hear are the reports from the media. The 'truth' they say is covered. However, we all know what we hear is not simply the truth but the interpretation of truths. If today's government wants us to know that blasts happened and certain community was involved in it, we will definitely get to hear that from the media. Where as, if government didn't wish to tell us, media will not be powerful enough to make it reach us. What we see is half truth. Terror is easy to spread through such half truths. We all witnessed it, in the bombay riots when terrible atrocities were committed agaist the muslims. People may call it fear out of which they were compelled to act so. But question is, where did the terror come from? May be government wanted people to get scared and commit crimes against certain community. History tells us how under nazi rule, most germans thought is was convenient to be jew haters and were compelled to be so. Till finally the state rule changed and people were asked to love jews and stop atrocities against them. Point that the movie makes is: Media can easily brainwash the mob and government can use media as a puppet. The terrorists may be true but ascribing terrorism to one community is almost like repeating the history from the times of the Nazi rule.
V, the hero of the movie, the anarchist, tries to use media to make people get out of the trained thinking.
The movie throws a light on the fact that a layer of information could very well be sitting under the dust of media affected information.
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