The reason I love sci-fi is because sci-fi has always permitted big ideas into it.
Its not embarrassed of big ideas, Garland told io9 on video chat last week.
They exist in Forbidden Planet.
Kirsten Dunst in Civil War.Image: A24
They exist in Star Trek.
There would be clear discussions or metaphors or literary analogies or whatever it happens to be.
It was just allowed.
Garland on set.Image: A24
And sci-fi audiences were kind of open-minded.
But [Civil War], if this was too sci-fi, it would reduce the texture of reality.
And so it just didnt feel appropriate.
Photojournalism in full effect.Image: A24
And so the sci-fi guy put that all aside and approached reality in his own, unique way.
In Civil War, Garland presents a United States that is no longer united.
The countryhas fractured into several different areas, many of which are now at war with one another.
So its just to do with how information is presented.
So its like a kind of trace memory.
But hes not exactly sure if thatll happen.
Its a dice roll, he said.
Because thats the counter.
You want to hear your own biases reflected back at you.
Even though it is.
Civil War is in theaters Friday.
Well have more from Garland later this week.
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