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'The Hunt' director says film was misunderstood
The Hill ^ | 08/19/19 | Joe Concha

Posted on 08/19/2019 9:39:30 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

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“If I believed this film could incite violence, I wouldn’t have made it,” he wrote in an email to Variety.

He also said he was devastated by the shootings and agreed with the decision to not release the film after he said it had been misinterpreted.

“I was devastated by going to sleep to El Paso and waking up to Dayton,” Craig Zobel said. “These types of moments happen far too often. In the wake of these horrific events, we immediately considered what it meant for the timing of our film. Once inaccurate assumptions about the content and intent of the movie began to take hold, I supported the decision to move the film off its release date.”

The director insisted the film had been misunderstood and that it was supposed to show what happens when both sides of the political spectrum fail to listen or try to understand one another.

He said he did not think it took sides against conservatives.

"Our ambition was to poke at both sides of the aisle equally,” Zobel told Variety.

“I wanted to make a fun, action thriller that satirized this moment in our culture — where we jump to assume we know someone’s beliefs because of which ‘team’ we think they’re on ... and then start shouting at them," he told Variety. “This rush to judgment is one of the most relevant problems of our time.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: craigzobel; hesrightyouknow; hollywood; moviereview; movies; thehunt
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1 posted on 08/19/2019 9:39:30 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

‘Inaccurate assumptions about the content and intent’

REALLY?? YOU CALL THE HUNTED “DEPLORABLES” AND WE AREN”T SUPPOSED TO ASSUME YOU WANT TRUMP SUPPORTERS HUNTED?? Riigghhtt.


2 posted on 08/19/2019 9:42:14 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..)
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To: yesthatjallen

” “These types of moments happen far too often.” I guess the POS that killed 4 people with a knife didn’t bother him then? Which are the cause of more deaths than firearms. But, ‘they’ chose truth over facts.


3 posted on 08/19/2019 9:43:53 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: yesthatjallen
"This rush to judgment is one of the most relevant problems of our time."

Pretty much. The best satire uses elements of truth. But sometimes the truth in satire is truer than the world admits.
4 posted on 08/19/2019 9:44:04 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: yesthatjallen

Then go ahead and release your film and let us all judge for ourselves.


5 posted on 08/19/2019 9:44:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: yesthatjallen
The director insisted the film had been misunderstood and that it was supposed to show what happens when both sides of the political spectrum fail to listen or try to understand one another.

People are no longer smart enough to get the point anymore. The left wants to rewrite history and do away with free speech and they call us "Orwellian".

6 posted on 08/19/2019 9:44:34 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: originalbuckeye

He was poking fun at both sides. Trump supporters should be hunted down. And Trump supporters are violent and will fight back. See how he poked fun at both sides. /s


7 posted on 08/19/2019 9:45:58 AM PDT by pas
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To: yesthatjallen

Right. So you make a movie about leftist elites hunting conservatives/Republicans and we’re supposed to understand your intent was satirical against both sides. This despite the fact that the entertainment industry has been infested with communists for decades. Also, how satirical could it be to the side being hunted?


8 posted on 08/19/2019 9:47:22 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (This Deplorable is not fooled by the Marxist-Stalinist totalitarians infesting the Dem Party.)
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To: pas

Yes sir eeee.... fair and balanced, as they say.


9 posted on 08/19/2019 9:47:30 AM PDT by C210N (qui)
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To: yesthatjallen
And if there weren't any warning labels on food to be cooked/heated in an oven or microwave you'd seriously would burn yourself as in:

Warning Labels For Liberals

SignsForLiberals

Instructions_For_Liberals

10 posted on 08/19/2019 9:47:39 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: yesthatjallen

The very rich who are engaged in “hunting” the “deplorables”, were in fact the plutocrats, who through endowments and foundations, maintain the think tanks that direct and fund the Democrat Party.

Truly an “Astroturf” roots movement, coming not from the great masses of the proletarians, but from the same oligarchy that has the firm hold on the reins of the Deep State.

It ain’t paranoia if they really are picking on you.


11 posted on 08/19/2019 9:48:00 AM PDT by alloysteel (Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

From the trailers I watched the Deplorables out think and out maneuver the elites and exact revenge on the (obviously deranged) perpetrators.


12 posted on 08/19/2019 9:49:22 AM PDT by Justa
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Pretty much. The best satire uses elements of truth. But sometimes the truth in satire is truer than the world admits.

This movie is a win for Conservative Republicans.

First it shows what we have always known; liberal elites are targeting conservatives and Trump voters.

Second, in the end, conservatives fight back and win.

13 posted on 08/19/2019 9:49:33 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

“I’m sorry I got caught.”


14 posted on 08/19/2019 9:50:09 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: originalbuckeye

From what I understand, the bad-ass deplorable (a woman) turns the tables on the elite scum and starts hunting them down one-by-one, similar to the “Most Dangerous Game” short story that the film was loosely based on.


15 posted on 08/19/2019 9:51:07 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hollyweird and the elites that populate it are truly removed and insulated from mainstream America. They have no clue what the world looks like outside of their privileged tier of society. Their lives are contained within a vacuum of cognitive dissonance.

This person really thinks his script/screenplay is “poking fun”? These folks are sick in the head. /r


16 posted on 08/19/2019 9:51:25 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Liberal getting a monetary reality check.

Just like Bernie and the minimum wage. May it bite him in the arse.


17 posted on 08/19/2019 9:51:59 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: yesthatjallen

24/7 “news” channels are far more destructive and far more responsible for pushing lunatics over the edge than this movie or any other movie.


18 posted on 08/19/2019 9:53:46 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I am simply amazed how so called Conservatives support Censorship.

The Film should have been released with the appropriate Age related Rating.

The outrage over what is essentially formula Revenge Movie is beyond ridiculous.

Is it in bad taste, sure, but so are the Saw Movies and the Hostel Movies. Is the timing of the release of the Film unfortunate, could be depending on your grasp of the reality that People are Murdered every day, day in and day out in this Country.

The knee jerk reaction when the first Trailer appeared was interesting, for lack of a better term. In the end, the “Hunted” Conservatives end up hunting the Liberal “Hunters”.

I wonder, what if the roles were reversed?

It’s just a Movie. It either makes money or it doesn’t.


19 posted on 08/19/2019 9:54:33 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: yesthatjallen
In the mean time we can watch The Most Dangerous Game, a 1932 movie with a similar theme.
20 posted on 08/19/2019 9:56:15 AM PDT by upchuck (If democrats would stop shooting people gun violence would drop by 90% ~ h/t Mr K.)
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