Sentences with phrase «dystopian society with»

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On Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe plays with the conventions and totems of dystopian sci - fi to speak her truth and promote a cultural shift toward a more inclusive and loving society — no matter what repressive government (whether real or fictional) is trying to crush that spirit.

WHAT: In a dystopian future where the collapse of modern civilization has given way to a feudal society, seven rival barons — each with their own army of trained assassins — have divided control of an area known as the Badlands.

Minority Report's visual identity owes a lot to Spielberg's vision of a future society that's at the same time dystopian and utopian, but also to the brilliant work of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who shot it with high - speed film.

Now we're dealing with a dystopian society on the order of Fritz Lang's Metropolis the rich bask in the sunshine and shiny splendor of the United Federation, the proletariats lockstep their way through the acrid murk of the overpopulated Colony.

The aforementioned head - scratching begins with the film's setting, a near - future dystopian Chicago divided into five distinct factions, each with their own role to play in maintaining an orderly, functioning society.

The concept of Divergent, page the original film in the series, was interesting with individuals in a dystopian Chicago being divided into five camps (like modern - day members of The Breakfast Club) in a seemingly idyllic society, that was anything but.

This year the Greek director moves up in the ranks of the festival by competing for the Palme d'Or with his star - studded English - language dystopian love story The Lobster that can also ironically be described as a satire of our relationship and dating - obsessed society where couplehood represents the superior way of life.

Is this movie about a dystopian society a refreshing social commentary or is just another #Occupy movie with special effects?

She was taking a break from work on her seventh book, a feminist dystopian novel in the tradition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale but with what she calls a «distinctly Asian phenomenon» — that of the rising male - to - female birth rate and the consequences for society.

Some readers might find the Society to be a close cousin of Lois Lowry's dystopian future in The Giver (1993), with carefully chosen work placements, constant monitoring, and pills for regulating emotional extremes.

I've started writing Society of the D. E. A. D. (A supernatural YA with a college age heroine), Feudal Land (A YA dystopian supernatural), and Pirate Bloody Graham's Treasure (An Adult Lisa Grace History - Mystery).

Join Brian Pasternack, a young man with no future in a dystopian 90s society, on his first day at one of the world's largest companies, Sintracorp.

Koch began photographing for the Fundos series in 2001 while reading Paul Auster's dystopian novel, In the Country of Last Things, which tells the story of a collapsed society with no economy or industry, in which the population must resort to selling scavenged, nearly forgotten objects to survive.

As society continues to seek an understanding of the digital age by rational means, Ida Kvetny's work offers a dark alternative: a Surrealist aesthetic united with dystopian visions of the modern world.