Yahoo Movies Alex Garland hopes Civil War's ending starts a "conversation"
Filmmaker Alex Garland has shared hopes that the shocking ending of his new movie Civil War starts a "conversation".
The dystopian action film is set during an escalating second civil war in America. It follows a group of journalists who race to reach the White House before rebel factions get there first.
Civil War has landed some strong first reviews too, with some critics highlighting its ending as being particularly effective.
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In an exclusive chat with Digital Spy, Civil War’s writer and director Garland has explained that there's a reason why he wanted the film to end in a particular way.
"It was always that ending," he said. "You know, there [are] different sorts of films. And some films in a sense, and I don’t mean this is a bad way, but they’re almost designed so that you stop thinking about them as soon as the film is over.
"You had the experience, you enjoyed it and the film is over, and then you can go and get a burger or a pizza and talk about something completely different."
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He continued: "There is no judgment in that, that is completely fine. In fact I like a lot of films like that. But there are others that are designed to… It’s like you rang a bell, and you want the bell to keep ringing in someone’s head, so they’re remembering imagery or they’re remembering scenes or they’ve been puzzled about something and then they ask a friend: what did you make of that? Should it mean this? This is that sort of film. What I hope people will take from it is the sense of being in a conversation."
Kirsten Dunst stars in the movie as journalist Ellie, and she shared with us what she hopes audiences will take away from watching the movie.
"The good thing about this movie is that, it is truly one of those movies where everyone will take away whatever they want and there will be very interesting conversations after, I think, amongst your friends and your family," she said.
"It really is one of those movies where you don’t want to put any of your own stuff on it."
Civil War is released in cinemas on April 12.
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