Keep Your Eye on the Dystopian Ball: Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer portends a frozen future that forces the last of humanity to seek refuge in a...perpetually moving train. According to Sarah...Ward, this claustrophobic motion – by and within the vehicle, and up its social classes – signifies both much and little while sending a nihilistic message about society's struggle for meaning.

Additional keywords: Asian cinema, South Korea, dystopia, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, climate change, adaptation, Le Transperceneige, Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette, Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, stratification, revolt, oppression.