Elysium and the gap between rich and poor in sci-fi cinema

Last yearsLooper, written and directed by Rian Johnson, was itself a post-recession movie.

The disparity between rich and poor has come up time and again elsewhere.

A lot of people want to help out the rest of the world.

Other people want to terminate the borders.

I mean, thats a fairy tale definitely.

But I was very interested in machines…

Blomkamp is equally interested in machines, as theElysiumtrailer attests.

Science fiction is the sugar coating that sweetens realitys bitter pill.