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Attack (2022)

Film

DirectorLakshya Raj Anand

Meta takes2

Figures

Form & technique

The film's overall narrative and aesthetic structure → The Cinematic Chimera
The narrative arc from paralysis to technologically-enabled 'wholeness'

Tropes

Arjun Shergill's super-soldier transformation
The AI entity, Ira
Arjun Shergill's body as a site of state intervention → The Managed Body
The symbiotic/conflicted relationship between Arjun and Ira

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