I saw two movies recently that were about the desert; one was “Dune,” which is an orientalist fantasy about what white people think brown people do in the desert; vie for supremacy through primitive & ritualistic battles, descend into feudalism, have spiritual epiphanies, fight for oversaturated metaphorical fuel sources. The other movie I saw, “Nomadland,” is about what White people actually do in the desert: die slowly while partaking in a frontier fantasy enabled by their disposability under capitalism.
HOT06: White Mind Deserts
HOT06: White Mind Deserts
HOT06: White Mind Deserts
I saw two movies recently that were about the desert; one was “Dune,” which is an orientalist fantasy about what white people think brown people do in the desert; vie for supremacy through primitive & ritualistic battles, descend into feudalism, have spiritual epiphanies, fight for oversaturated metaphorical fuel sources. The other movie I saw, “Nomadland,” is about what White people actually do in the desert: die slowly while partaking in a frontier fantasy enabled by their disposability under capitalism.