Barack and Michelle Obama were executive producers of the 2023 Netflix film Leave the World Behind. The film is an adaptation of the Rumaan Alam novel, which was one of Barack Obama's favorite books.
Script Consultation: Director Sam Esmail revealed that Barack Obama provided extensive notes on the script, particularly regarding the cyberattack and disaster elements, to ensure a degree of realism based on his experience as president.
Esmail noted that some of Obama's suggestions even "scared the f*ck out of me" because of how plausible they were.
Focus on Themes: According to Esmail, Obama's notes also focused on character development, empathy, and capturing the novel's themes of mistrust and societal collapse, rather than just the technical aspects.
Debunking Conspiracy Theories: Obama's involvement occurred after the script was written. The director clarified this in response to various online conspiracy theories that suggested the film was a secret warning from the former president about future real-world events.
The film, starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke, explores themes of race, class, and the breakdown of society during a mysterious national blackout. You can watch the film on Netflix.
favorite scene is meeting with the two bobs, The irony of two guys, both named bob, doing literally the same job: trying to eliminate redundant or inefficient positions.
Not the biggest fan of Interstellar, saw it in 70mm when it came out at the Alamo. Was the loudest Nolan movie ever until Oppenheimer, still what a great scene
I meant most of today's people can't comprehend things the future generations will understand from kindergarten. Hardly speaking kids today use gadgets like they were born with them while our grandparents are afraid to touch PC keyboard or mouse.
Nolan made the same with Interstellar, showed us ideas he comprehends but not most of us yet
Andor is a very deep series (portion of Star Wars saga) that point into a more large story about rebellion, death star, greed, freedom fighters, power corruption etc
Is one of the best SW universe series and you must listen very careful the dialog. It is not just a bullshit Disney if you look under the rug.
And this very sequence from Andor reminds me of the sacrifices I've done in the communist era... it was a real battle with many sacrifices. And is also my today's battle... with shitcoiners and banksters, fiat maxis etc.
Maybe I am damned to live a life full of sacrifices.