I think it is fair to do a 1984 type movie on capitalism.
Corporatism like Big government is godless, souless, inhuman, unthinking in pursuit of its goals.
Corporatism wants to command and control but at least it will achieve material wealth even if peoples’s soul’s and spirituality are left wanting.
Big government is after the same thing, command and control, but not only leave’s man’s spiritual side wanting, it also leaves man’s material side wanting as well.
I think Capitalism run amok can be criticized on this level.
None of them want anything but the destruction of freedom, of constitutional and consevativ values. I wonder how long it will be before critical movies won't be allowed.
The reason capitalism is “running amok” as you say is that govt is controlling it more and more.
It is not capitalism that is the problem...it is big govt. We need more not less capitalism.
I don’t consider ‘corporatism’ and capitalism to be the same thing, and there’s certainly no dearth of films in existence or in the making which are critical of both for that matter. I guess my objection to this is the revision of a work that was intended specifically to be critical of Soviet style totalitarianism. I haven’t seen the new film of course nor would I, but I have little doubt that it’s intent is to distort Orwells message. Frankly, like a few other commenters have pointed out, what Serkis is attempting to do is somewhat Orwellian itself.
Who raised you, hippies? No corporation can lawfully make you patronize them. They can’t force you patronize, they can’t levy taxes or fines against you or deprive you of you liberty. A government can do all that.
“Capitalism run amok can be criticized on this level.”
Capitalism has a hard time running amok without active participation from a government.