What does "One Battle After Another" Have to Say About Us?
The Justice, a news source for Brandeis University's campus news, Judge sports coverage, features, opinions, and breaking news for Boston, Massachusetts, recently had the opportunity to view Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie "One Battle After Another" and listen to a panel of experts discuss the film.
The movie is an adaptation loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel "Vineland" and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson, a retired revolutionary suffering from paranoia, trying to raise his daughter, Willa, in seclusion.
The film is set in a semi-dystopian America, which is introduced through exposition at the beginning of the movie, providing an understanding of the main characters and their world.
The movie opens with just enough exposition to build the semi-dystopian America in which the characters live and provide an understanding of each of the main characters.
Author's summary: Analysis of Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another".