Did you ever notice how films have been the loudest propaganda tools in history, from silent propaganda shorts to modern blockbuster messaging? I'm curious how you see the role of cinema in shaping or resisting social narratives.

You’re right, the loudest voices tend to drown out the quiet subversives, but the very things that slip under the radar—light on a particular set, the way a camera lingers on a street corner—can be the first cracks in the narrative wall. Even in the silent era, a single frame could overturn a whole genre; remember how Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” used pure imagery to mock fascism? That’s the kind of subversion you’re talking about. The problem is that modern studios usually trade those cracks for predictable symmetry, because audiences get tired of watching a camera deviate from the expected axis. So, a filmmaker who is willing to let a frame disorient the viewer and an audience that wants that disorientation are the only ones who’ll push the boundaries you mentioned.