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Article: Men at arms First he predicted our dark and soulless future in 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner'. Then he opened our eyes to a new, softer kind of man and a harder kind of woman. Now Ridley Scott has turned his attention to the Middle East with a film set during the Crusades. But if his work has always been prophetic, says Mark Simpson, what is he trying to tell us this time?
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2005
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Generally speaking, I'm not terribly interested in film directors.
I don't rush out to see so-and-so's latest; I watch films that have
nice trailers (and am usually as disappointed as everyone else). But
the British director Ridley Scott, whose new Crusades epic The
Kingdom of Heaven is out next month, is different. I usually make a
point of seeing all of his films, even the unwatchable ones like
1492: Conquest of Paradise and GI Jane. Why? Because Scott's films
don't only tell us about the world we live in today. They are that
world.
It may be a sign of the degradation of our culture, or it could
just be my brain, but amongst other terrifying things about our
future, Ridley Scott's first ...
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