The movie should reveal what is really causing this problem in our society. It should not blame the problem on some easy scapegoat to make the movie more effective, but it should deal with what is really wrong. If the movie does not reveal the real problem, it can not offer a real solution. The problem with identifying the real problem comes from the fact that everyone can interpret differently what the underlying problem the movie is trying to expose. In some cases, it is very difficult what the purpose of the director is. However in most movies, the purpose of the movie can be easily understood; especially when a movie deals with problems in our society. An example of this is The Jungle where the problems of the meat factory in the early 1900s were exposed. It graphically displayed all the horrible things that were happening and it identified the underlying problem as being corruption. If the movie had blamed the problem on it's workers instead of corruption, then the problem in the meat factory would never have been solved. Getting to the "heart" of the problem may not always make the movie interesting, but the director has an obligation to society to provide correct information. If the underlying problem is not discussed, the problem will reoccur and the society is back where it started.
Jump to: