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Snowpiercer (2013)

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DirectorBong Joon Ho
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  • The linear progression through the train cars
  • Curtis's self-mutilation to save Timmy
  • The "Sacred Engine" and Wilford as its creator
  • The revelation that Gilliam and Wilford co-engineered the rebellions → The Excess of Jouissance
  • The film's international cast and English-language script → Transnational Auteurism
  • The gelatinous protein blocks fed to the tail section
  • The film's hopeful ending versus the graphic novel's cyclical ending

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