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Screen Share | Of prison films and the fear of confinement
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Films have artfully drawn upon this primal fear of humans.
This fear even lies at the foundation of state-sanctioned confines like prisons.
Perhaps if things go south, I only hope to be someone resembling Divine G from Sing Sing, walking like poetry, talking Shakespeare, calling fellow men ‘beloved.’
But when dystopian films paint the whole world as a prison, what hope do we have?
From The Hindu cinema team, a fortnightly column recommending films and shows tied to a mood, theme, or pop-cultural event.