I thought that this was a great movie that said a lot about Italian Culture and some fundamental life themes. One of the things I found the most interesting when watching the movie is its view of how the world is fundamentally corrupt. Most often we talk about government when we think of corruption but corruption goes beyond that and the movie displays it within the world of academia in Italy. The academic world is unfair and is often favored by those who run it and never get removed from their position. It brought a group of professors together to do an illegal act while creating a drug that was still fundamentally legal through their intelligence. Overall, it makes the viewer think that if there is no escape, what is the solution. For these individuals, it was being a criminal and I think that this is what a lot of people turn to in times of desperation. At the root of this is money. Money can be something that motivates people to do good and be better but it can also be the thing that destroys them. I think the system is built that way because only a select portion of the population ever gets to have this abundance of wealth and yet we live in a consumerist society that makes all the people below them think it's achievable. Therefore, they work and work and work until they turn to quick money or they die always working toward something unattainable while the person above them profited from it. It's a complex issue that still needs to be solved but may never be solved because of where the world is at.
That said, I thought it was nice that despite it being a Comedy it had a really important subtext that the audience could pick up on. I think that is part of the beauty of comedy. It can be very comedic while also promoting important conversations that sometimes aren't being had. It's also a way to talk about issues in a light-hearted sense that can be different from what we experience in our day-to-day lives within this often depressive world. In conclusion, I thought the movie was great, and the genre was perfect for what the movie wanted to inherently discuss.
Aaron Trinidad
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