Img.3.2.1.a Idiocracy

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MOVIES & DOCUMENTARIES

3.2.1 | IDIOCRACY

Img3.2.1.a Idiocracy | Rotten Tomatoes

Genre : American Sci-Fi / Comedy [2006] Producer : Mike Judge Director : Mike Judge Narration : Earl Mann

Plot :

Idiocracy is a commercial Hollywood film which explores the futuristic approach of filmmaking in its production as well as its script. The fictional plot revolves around two protagonists - an American soldier & a prostitute. The two are subjects of a classified experiment of hibernation for years unknown. Accidentally they are left frozen in the machinery, eventually to open up 500 years later.

The two protagonists see themselves exposed to a dystopian world where dysgenics, commercialism & mass production dominate the future present.

Mankind lays its new foundation on anti-intellectualism & society is devoid of traits like intellectual curiosity, social responsibilities, justice & human rights.

Due to the mediocrity of the soldier & profession [considered to be low profile] of the lady as a prostitute, the two are chosen for the experiment of hibernation. The same two individuals go on to become the highest ranked citizens of the nation in the dystopian society 500 years later, considering their intellectual levels relatively higher. Eventually the two protagonists come together to be partners after accepting their new present.

Inference :

The film abstracts the consequences of the present day [as in 2006] in a prediction theory. The film was produced 15 years back with a future narrative that talks about the domination of the transactional living system due to factors like commercialization, mass production & machinery outputs, which unfortunately is to some extent the situation of the present day [as in 2021].

The overdependence of the human race on these machines & mass production eventually will & is leading to a degradation in the intellectual levels of self. The same also contradicts the ideologies of self-sufficiency & develops greed. The harmonious habitation as a society & as individuals is at stake which further leads to a hampered productivity at a micro level. The film, if perceived from an art point of view, exaggerates these dystopian aspects of the future which can be seen as caricatures ofthepresent.