A little girl is trying to prevent a sketchy multinational company from kidnapping Okja, her genetically modified pet and best friend.
It would be great if Okja were “R” rated. To properly reveal what humans and animals alike mean to most multinational companies and organisations. Bong Joon Ho, behind the camera, holds back to a certain extent but captures the essence nevertheless. Brad Pitt and Netflix in the production back him up, and Seo-hyun Ahn, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano in front of the lens support a vision that we all need to stop turning a blind eye to. I salute the cast and crew and pay my respects to them as they all give us a mild lesson on the paranoia behind a colossal company’s beautiful facade, fancy logo, and unfathomably brainless slogan.
The Animal Liberation Front exist, they are a real, leaderless organization, fight for animal rights all around the globe, and they are not as funny as they are portrayed in the film. Even so, Okja should be for everyone to watch and get an idea of how filthy and disgusting the mammoth food corporations are.
Booed at least three times at the Cannes Film Festival just for being Netflix, Okja itself does not deserve booing. I’m staying out of this political side of cinema, as whoever gets in the middle gets caught in the crossfire of the Industry Giants’ war for money and power. Streaming vs. theatre, which productions deserve to go to which festival, and why is not for us to decide, and it has nothing with us anyway.
You wanna see the real “R” rated version of Okja? Watch Earthlings (2005), and feel free to be ashamed. And cry your eyes out. I quit meat that very same day and wholeheartedly apologised for being human. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlBSuuy50Y
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