Post Script

udged as an anti-capitalist fable, the original is too obvious to convince. Released in the same year as the Kyoto Protocols, it reflects both the ecological and social anxieties of its era in a spellbinding but superficial way. The heads of Shinra Corporation are a clownishly evil bunch, cackling at their own dastardliness and filled with contempt for the little people below. While the painted urban backdrops suggest a more nuanced analysis – wandering amongst them, you may feel as though you’re trapped in a machine that has taken on a life