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* EatTheDog: The unsettling way the film opens. Perhaps a StealthPun giving the building's eventual "Dog Eat Dog" mentality.
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''High-Rise'' is a 2015 British thriller directed by Creator/BenWheatley, starring Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/SiennaMiller, Creator/LukeEvans, and Creator/ElisabethMoss. The screenplay by Amy Jump is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard.
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''High-Rise'' is a 2015 British thriller directed by Creator/BenWheatley, starring Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/SiennaMiller, Creator/LukeEvans, and Creator/ElisabethMoss. The screenplay by Amy Jump is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by [[{{Creator/jgballard}} J.G. Ballard.
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''High-Rise'' is a 2015 British thriller directed by Ben Wheatley, Creator/BenWheatley, starring Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/SiennaMiller, Creator/LukeEvans, and Creator/ElisabethMoss. The screenplay by Amy Jump is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Perhaps unintentional due to the shaky script (the film is quite panned for a reason); but several argue that The Tower more closely resembles Socialism than Capitalism; as the Architect's vision flies in the face of what any self-respecting Capitalist would do. [[note]] There's apparently only one supermarket; Royal's cronies only acknowledge competition after things go to shit; the explicit mention of all floors having the same price, as well as not looking worse than eachother; the lack of any law enforcement to protect private property, etc. [[/note]].
** Throw in buzzwords like "idealism" and "change"; one of Royal's crooked cronies saying he "works for the building, not [him]"; the closest thing to a leftist is depicted as a barbaric, egomaniacal, rapist brute; the overt connection of the Tower's failure to "human nature" (whereas Capitalism thrives on it); the Architect's declaration of his failure being putting too much in one basket (a central critique of Socialism); and Creator/JeremyIrons in a central role [[note]] He's more or less the celebrity ambassador for the An-Cap community. [[/note]]; and the film seems more and more like a ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' style parody of it's [[Literature/HighRise source material]].
** Throw in buzzwords like "idealism" and "change"; one of Royal's crooked cronies saying he "works for the building, not [him]"; the closest thing to a leftist is depicted as a barbaric, egomaniacal, rapist brute; the overt connection of the Tower's failure to "human nature" (whereas Capitalism thrives on it); the Architect's declaration of his failure being putting too much in one basket (a central critique of Socialism); and Creator/JeremyIrons in a central role [[note]] He's more or less the celebrity ambassador for the An-Cap community. [[/note]]; and the film seems more and more like a ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' style parody of it's [[Literature/HighRise source material]].
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will copy to YMMV but it perhaps it would work well here as a conversation starter?
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Perhaps unintentional due to the shaky script (the film is quite panned for a reason); but several argue that The Tower more closely resembles Socialism than Capitalism. The Architect talks of "idealism" and "change"; the film not so subtly invokes the failures of "human nature" (whereas capitalism thrives largely because of it); and countless other details [[note]] There apparently being only 1 supermarket; Royal's cronies only acknowledging competition after things go to shit; Royal's relative sympathetic portrayal against his manipulative, bureaucrat-esque underlings; Royals statement of "putting too much" into the tower/"one basket" (a frequent critique of socialism), etc. [[/note]].
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Perhaps unintentional due to the shaky script (the film is quite panned for a reason); but several argue that The Tower more closely resembles Socialism than Capitalism. The Architect talks Capitalism; as the Architect's vision flies in the face of what any self-respecting Capitalist would do. [[note]] There's apparently only one supermarket; Royal's cronies only acknowledge competition after things go to shit; the explicit mention of all floors having the same price, as well as not looking worse than eachother; the lack of any law enforcement to protect private property, etc. [[/note]].
** Throw in buzzwords like "idealism" and "change"; one of Royal's crooked cronies saying he "works for thefilm building, not so subtly invokes [him]"; the failures closest thing to a leftist is depicted as a barbaric, egomaniacal, rapist brute; the overt connection of the Tower's failure to "human nature" (whereas capitalism Capitalism thrives largely because of on it); and countless other details [[note]] There apparently the Architect's declaration of his failure being only 1 supermarket; Royal's cronies only acknowledging competition after things go to shit; Royal's relative sympathetic portrayal against his manipulative, bureaucrat-esque underlings; Royals statement of "putting putting too much" into the tower/"one basket" much in one basket (a frequent central critique of socialism), etc. [[/note]].Socialism); and Creator/JeremyIrons in a central role [[note]] He's more or less the celebrity ambassador for the An-Cap community. [[/note]]; and the film seems more and more like a ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' style parody of it's [[Literature/HighRise source material]].
** Throw in buzzwords like "idealism" and "change"; one of Royal's crooked cronies saying he "works for the
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* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler:After shooting Royal, Wilder is stabbed repeatedly by his harem of female companions.]]
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* AvengingTheVillain: AlternateAesopInterpretation: Perhaps unintentional due to the shaky script (the film is quite panned for a reason); but several argue that The Tower more closely resembles Socialism than Capitalism. The Architect talks of "idealism" and "change"; the film not so subtly invokes the failures of "human nature" (whereas capitalism thrives largely because of it); and countless other details [[note]] There apparently being only 1 supermarket; Royal's cronies only acknowledging competition after things go to shit; Royal's relative sympathetic portrayal against his manipulative, bureaucrat-esque underlings; Royals statement of "putting too much" into the tower/"one basket" (a frequent critique of socialism), etc. [[/note]].
* AvengingTheVillain [[spoiler:After shooting Royal, Wilder is stabbed repeatedly by his harem of female companions.]]
* AvengingTheVillain [[spoiler:After shooting Royal, Wilder is stabbed repeatedly by his harem of female companions.]]
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: [[spoiler:Munrow]]'s jump to their death is juxtaposed with Laing letting loose by dancing at a lower class party and the elites having a lot of drugs and sex at theirs.
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: [[spoiler:Munrow]]'s [[spoiler:Monroe]]'s jump to their his death is juxtaposed with Laing letting loose by dancing at a lower class party and the elites having a lot of drugs and sex at theirs.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Helen, who smokes, drinks and does drugs in spite of being nine months pregnant.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Helen, who smokes, drinks and does drugs in spite of despite being nine months pregnant.
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''High-Rise'' is a 2015 British thriller directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/SiennaMiller, Luke Evans, and Creator/ElisabethMoss. The screenplay by Amy Jump is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard.
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''High-Rise'' is a 2015 British thriller directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/SiennaMiller, Luke Evans, Creator/LukeEvans, and Creator/ElisabethMoss. The screenplay by Amy Jump is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard.
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* CozyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:By the end of the film, Laing seems to accept his way of life in the now-derelict building, saying to himself that what just happened will be repeated with the next tower when it opens]].
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* CozyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:By the end of the film, Laing seems to accept his way of life in the now-derelict now mostly derelict building, saying to himself that what just happened will be repeated with the next tower when it opens]].
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* BlackComedy: Throughout the film, but particularly notable moments of this include [[spoiler:Cosgrove's DeathByIrony as seen below]] and Laing eating the dog at the start of the film.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: This happens an entire building!
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: This happens to an entire building!
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the film, the event that motivates Laing to move to the high rise is the death of his sister[[note]]offscreen before the events of the film[[/note]], however in the book she already lives in the high rise, and is the one who invites Laing to move there after he divorces his wife, which is the event that motivates him instead of his sister's death.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the film, the event that motivates Laing to move to the high rise is the death of his sister[[note]]offscreen before the events of the film[[/note]], however in the book she already lives in the high rise, and is the one who invites Laing to move there after he divorces his wife, which is the event that motivates him to instead of his sister's death.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the film, the event that motivates Laing to move to the high rise is the death of his sister[[note]]offscreen before the events of the film[[/note]], however in the book she already lives in the high rise, and is the one who invites Laing to move there after he divorces his wife, which is the event that motivates him instead of his sister's death.
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Steele murders the TV newsreader and sticks a TV on top of his body, so his face is always on the screen.]]
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Steele murders After Cosgrove the TV newsreader is murdered, Steele keeps the body in his apartment and sticks places a broken TV on top of his body, head so that his face is always on the screen.]]
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* ShoutOut: All the signage is Eurostile Bold Extended, the futuristic typeface made popular by ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' to hint that the tenants are similarly doomed explorers in a new frontier.
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* ShoutOut: All the signage is Eurostile Eurostile/Microgramma Bold Extended, the [[TypesetInTheFuture futuristic typeface typeface]] made popular by ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' to hint that the tenants are similarly doomed explorers in a new frontier.
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High-Rise is a 2015 British thriller directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JeremyIrons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, and Creator/ElisabethMoss. The screenplay by Amy Jump is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard.
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* WhileRomeBurns: The upper floor residents, including Royal, deny things are going pear-shaped at first. Royal in particular dismisses the power outages as "teething problems".
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* WhileRomeBurns: The upper floor residents, including Royal, deny things are going pear-shaped at first. Royal in particular dismisses the power outages as "teething problems".problems".
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* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler:After shooting [[spoiler:Royal]], [[spoiler:Wilder]] is stabbed repeatedly by his harem of female companions.]]
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* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler:After shooting [[spoiler:Royal]], [[spoiler:Wilder]] Royal, Wilder is stabbed repeatedly by his harem of female companions.]]