Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
1 take · 0 hearts · 0 replies
It’s fascinating how concerned people were with our nation and the world becoming a corrupt surveillance state. You know 1984 and all that. I can’t imagine how these people would feel if they could see the way the world turned out. Reminded me a lot of The Conversation though this is a much more condensed film. Maybe this movie’s message gets a little obscured in its simplicity. Or maybe that’s just me. Definitely something about institutionalization. The way Anderson goes from being constantly observed and controlled in prison to being observed and controlled outside. And if he is still a prisoner by extension, we are all prisoners. Prisoners of the system. This feels like an allegory with each character representing some aspect or facet of the world at large.