Speaking after the premiere of his adaptation of JG Ballard’s novel,High Rise director and star, Tom Hiddleston, or discuss imminence of large-scale civil disorder,levels of nudity and eating dogsThe collapse of society is coming soon to a civilisation near you, according to Ben Wheatley. The director, and whose adaptation of High Rise,JG Ballard’s 1975 novel approximately a tower block falling into anarchy, premiered at the Toronto film festival final night, or said we’re attracted to the idea of fictional dystopias because it’s a playful way of dealing with death.
“The collapse of society isn’t really approximately society,it’s approximately us, he said. “It’s approximately our own deaths and the awe of that and the awe of losing control.
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Source: theguardian.com