screenwriter and director alex garland hopes it will do more than that.'s really got two other focuses. one is political and the other is aboutjournalism. it's a story about journalists and journalism, why we need them and what they do. but it's also asking a question, which is why is good journalism not getting the traction that it gets? what's gone wrong? and then very similar sort of questions about sort of polarised populist politics as well, extremist politics. but no effort is made to explain the ideological forces that led to the civil war. the journalists who define the film's narrative don't mention their own political views or thoughts on why the country has descended into civil war. there is no political context to this action film. this is really an audience movie. it's not telling you what to think. it's not giving you sides. it's really about you, which i think is unique. and alex garland's claim that this film is also aboutjournalists and why they are so valuable doesn't satisfy some who've seen the movie. what strikes me as a journalist is

she claims what director alex garland was aiming for in this production was realism.documentary, the way the cameras interacted with all the actors and so, he wanted the movie to feel as real as possible. this film isn'tjust designed to give audiences a taste of civil war and its horrors — screenwriter and director alex garland hopes it will do more than that. it is an anti—war movie, but it's really got two other focuses. one is political and the other is aboutjournalism. it's a story about journalists and journalism, why we need them and what they do. but it's also asking a question, which is why is good journalism not getting the traction that it gets? what's gone wrong? and then, very similar sort of questions about sort of polarised populist politics as well, extremist politics. but no effort is made to explain the ideological forces that led to the civil war. the journalists who define the film's narrative don't mention their own political views or thoughts on why the country has descended into civil war. there is no political context to this action film. this i

and alex garland really makes beautiful movies.t take my eyes off the movie. but that is -- >> watching a movie, no, but i know what you mean. >> seth: watching the movie. but like there are movies -- >> i felt the same way as you though. >> seth: that you get distracted and then with this one you did feel like you were watching, i don't know, like something real happening. >> yes, it did for me too. even -- i was in the movie, and i was shocked by watching the end. watching the final product. the way he edited it, the music, and all of it. it just -- it is a really intense theatrical film. people should see it in the theater, i think. it's one of those movies. and i was on the edge of my seat the entire time, and i was in it. >> seth: well, i totally understand. i've certainly never been in a movie where that's true, but it must be pretty -- must be a pretty cool feeling. >> yeah, yeah it is, i'm very proud. >> seth: you should be. just so nice to have you back. thank you so much for being here, kirsten. >> thank you, seth. [ chee

she claims what director alex garland was aiming for in this production was realism. one is political and the other is about journalism. it's a story aboutjournalists and journalism, why we need them and what they do. but it's also asking a question, which is why is good journalism not getting the traction that it gets? what's gone wrong? and then, very similar sort of questions about sort of polarised populist politics as well, extremist politics. but no effort is made to explain the ideological forces that led to the civil war. the journalists who define the film's narrative don't mention their own political views or thoughts on why the country has descended into civil war. there is no political context to this action film. this is really an audience movie. it's not telling you what to think. it's not giving you sides. it's really about you, which i think is unique. and alex garland's claim that this film is also aboutjournalists and why they are so valuable doesn't satisfy some who've seen the movie. what strikes me as a journalist is how badly film and television

i understand merrick garland has now taken from's comments very seriously, so what was his response? >> that's exactly right, alex. jack smith overnight filing the first of its kind motion in this specific case, the classified documents case, alluding of course or concerning the search that happened at mar-a-lago two years ago in august 2022, when authorities grabbed hundreds of classified documents that were in the possession of the former president illegally. so you have overnight jack smith actually asking the judge overseeing that case, judge eileen cannon, to limit, to impose a sort of modified gag order on what donald trump can and cannot say when it comes to law enforcement, in terms of the public statements that he makes. this comes of course after this week the former president falsely insinuated that president joe biden may have ordered an assassination attempt on him when fbi agents were conducting that search. he said, quote, that bidens locked and loaded, referring to that specific remark. so of course you have merrick garland and the fbi pushing back on these claims that trump is making her. take a

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