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Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Film

DirectorRuben Östlund

Meta takes3

Figures

Locations

The Rolex watch as a barter item on the island
Abigail's rise to matriarch on the island
The transition from the structured life on the yacht to the lawless state on the island → The State of Exception

Form & technique

The mass vomiting scene during the Captain's Dinner → The Carnivalesque
The opening sequence at the male model casting call → The Society of the Spectacle

Tropes

Yaya and Carl's argument over the dinner bill
The dialogue between the American Captain and the Russian oligarch Dimitry

Films most connected to Triangle of Sadness

V for Vendetta (2005) — via The State of Exception, The Carnivalesque, The Society of the Spectacle
The Untouchables (1987) — via The State of Exception, The Carnivalesque
Gone Girl (2014) — via The Society of the Spectacle
The Hunger Games (2012) — via The Society of the Spectacle
The Truman Show (1998) — via The Society of the Spectacle
300 (2006) — via The Society of the Spectacle
Batman Begins (2005) — via The State of Exception
Brazil (1985) — via The State of Exception