since this film was brought up in another thread, I tracked down this scene clip, it’s one of my favorite subtle scenes from this film
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driving is normal but also seems very dangerous due to complete mismtach between the vehicles on the road
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he’s an office worker visiting the poorer neighborhood where storm troopers abducted the wrong person, trying to fix the paperwork so there isn’t a problem for his department anymore (the man had died in custody), this is why he’s in a good mood, he’s doing an important task to help his boss CYA which might mean a sweet promotion
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breaking news about terror attack getting you down, just change the station
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the switch from the ‘model city’ to the actual run-down slums that are Shangrila Towers via the old unhoused man entering the frame suddenly
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kids play acting as storm troopers, and citing legal codes in the process
if you want to watch a very dark dystopian film (it’s not really sci fi even though a lot of folks want to label it that way), the full film is here: