Well, kinda. Last December I got on my soapbox and talked about Cloverfield/9-11 comparisons. Well, the movie's out and we've seen it (or you should have, at least), and I think this excerpt from the production notes of Cloverfield, found at Cloverfield Clues, says it best:
“’Godzilla’ came out in 1954 in the shadow of the bomb being dropped in Japan. Culturally, you had people living with this terror they had experienced – but in the guise of something absurd and preposterous. My guess is that it enabled people in Japan to have a catharsis.”
“To me, that’s one of the most potentially impactful aspects of this movie,” he continues. “It takes so many images that are so familiar, that are potentially horrifyingly scary, and puts them in a context that is ludicrous and laughable, so that people can experience catharsis in a way that doesn’t feel like they’re going through therapy. People have a hunger to experience that, and to process the terror we all live with in a way that doesn’t feel like you’re getting a social studies lesson. And at the end of the day, whether or not that’s something they’re aware of, this movie allows them to have that release. And for younger kids,” he says, “you just have one heck of a great monster movie.”
Yes, we do.
BTW, did you catch the Dharma Logo on the digital Department of Defense card at the beginning of Cloverfield? It's in the bottom left corner. I sure didn't. Thank you Cloverfield Clues.
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