Andy, Colin, and Richard discuss M. Night Shyamalan's mystery thriller The Village. Is the film subversive and "paleoconservative," in that it sympathetically depicts Americans escaping the 21st century in favor of an older, more traditional and innocent way of life? Is a "gated community" a worthy goal for traditionalists, or a delusion and distraction?
Notes:
The Village (2004)
Andy Nowicki's "Hollywood's Last White Nationalist"
David Lynch, Dune, and TheEmpire Strikes Back
Gregory Hood article on the ironic power of "White Nationalism"
Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities
Rod Dreher's "Benedict Option"