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We Blew It

We Blew It

2017

Director

Jean-Baptiste Thoret

Runtime

137 minutes

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Synopsis

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.

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Overall Score

6.1/10

Good


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Fair

The film engages with the origins of modern identity politics by examining the utopian dreams of the 1960s. While specific queer narratives are not the primary focus, the exploration of lost social progress provides a nuanced historical context.

Gender Representation

Fair

The documentary analyzes how traditional gender roles and social hierarchies have shifted since the mid-20th century. It focuses more on systemic power dynamics and the evolution of the American social climate than on individual gendered agency.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Good

Traveling from New Jersey to California, the film captures a diverse demographic landscape. It implicitly addresses the systemic failures to achieve racial equity during the transition from the civil rights era to the present day.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Excellent

The narrative offers a deep critique of the American Dream and Western institutional stability. It portrays the current political era as a consequence of failed social experiments and lost nationalistic optimism.

Disability Representation

Minimal

There is no specific evidence regarding the inclusion or portrayal of characters with disabilities within the film's scope.

Strengths

  • Provides a sophisticated critique of the American Dream and nationalistic optimism.
  • Uses a wide geographic scope to reflect the diverse demographic realities of the United States.
  • Effectively connects historical countercultural movements to contemporary political upheaval.

Areas for Improvement

  • Lacks specific, character-driven narratives for LGBTQ+ and gendered representation.
  • Does not provide visible evidence regarding the inclusion of characters with disabilities.

AI Analysis

Jean-Baptiste Thoret’s documentary serves as a melancholic road movie that deconstructs American national myths. It succeeds by framing the transition from 1960s idealism to contemporary populism through a lens of critical sociopolitical inquiry. The film excels at cultural critique, treating the American identity as a complex, multi-ethnic tapestry rather than a monolith. It effectively uses the landscape to question the efficacy of past social contracts and the stability of Western institutions. However, the documentary prioritizes broad systemic shifts over individual character-driven stories. This focus on historical and political evolution means that specific representations of LGBTQ+ agency and individual gendered experiences remain secondary to the larger narrative.

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