{"id":34075,"date":"2026-03-06T18:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34075"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:16:40","slug":"why-anarchist-thriller-v-for-vendetta-is-as-relevant-as-ever-20-years-after-its-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34075","title":{"rendered":"Why anarchist thriller V for Vendetta is as relevant as ever 20 years after its release"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This is the latest instalment in our From the Vault feature series, in which we reflect on culturally significant movies celebrating notable anniversaries.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a movie, V for Vendetta<\/em> is far from perfect. But viewed today, 20 years after its cinema release, its existence feels nothing short of miraculous.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of 9\/11, Hollywood studios were reluctant to make anything that could be considered politically incendiary. A few years later, however, films such as War of the Worlds<\/em> (2005) and United 93<\/em> (2006) began to grapple with that terrible legacy.<\/p>\n

All the same, making a film that valorised an anarchist who blows up buildings seemed unusually transgressive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I received the script, I was just so shocked by the fact that a big Hollywood action movie could actually have substance and something provocative,\u201d star Natalie Portman told the BBC. \u201cI thought: \u2018This is crazy, I want to do this!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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