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...Science fiction films] can really be quite fantastic in their metaphors,” Hoberman says. “They’re very free to express certain things, and consequently a lot of these metaphors are very strong...
...films deal effectively with the Cold War, Hoberman says “the place where you have to go to see movies about Vietnam is Westerns.” He ascribes a similar ability to construct strong metaphors to the Western, but he cautions that some cultural anxieties overload the films that try to deal with them...
...also think [the Vietnam War] ended the Western,” Hoberman says...
...Hoberman says he does not see a similar profusion of films that effectively address the Iraq War, though he cites “Children of Men” (Cuarón, 2006) and “The Situation” (Haas, 2006) as exceptions to the rule...
...think that for good or for ill, [films] just don’t have the same central position in the culture at large, and it’s harder to make good popular movies,” Hoberman says. “They’re too expensive...