People actually told me, 'Don't make a film about journalists, everyone hates journalists.' I just thought, that's insane... if you care about society that's like saying don't make a film about doctors. It's madness.
Garland's respect for journalists is lifelong... In making them the heroes of 'Men', he makes a case for their importance amid the rising forces of populism... a thrilling provocation
It was just this huge ambient situation [across the world] where journalists were being disempowered as the enemy, the huge rise in populism and polarisation... four years later we're in exactly the same situation, but worse.
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