There’s a kind of shameful pleasure in seeing one’s own prejudices played out on screen, and this is precisely what we get from the films of Ruben Östlund. The Swedish director has struck the right note at Cannes, where his two most recent features –In both these films, straight-faced satire gradually subsides into chaos, dragging down the pretensions of the lead characters. The self-satisfaction that comes from being in control gives way to the terror of watching everything go to hell.
The Captain’s drunken negligence ensures that his official dinner takes place on a stormy, turbulent night. This is the point when total anarchy is let loose, with all those scenes of projectile vomiting and overflowing toilets you’ve probably heard about in the pre-publicity. It’s gross, but it could have been a lot grosser.The final chapter of the story finds a handful of voyagers marooned on a desert island, where the class allegory clicks into high gear.
Harry and Meghan might take comfort from knowing they aren’t the first royals to receive bad press from unknown sources within the palace. Richard III was the last of the Plantagenets, and the subject of relentless negative propaganda from the Tudors, who became the ruling dynasty after his death at the battle of Bosworth Field. Richard’s demise was momentous in that it signified the end of the Wars of the Roses and marked England’s transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
“Triangle of Sadness is the movie you’ve been waiting for if you hate the rich.” Isn't most of your target audience high income earners?