"A World at Risk"

Ulrich Beck states that after the Cold War, we were emerging "from a world of enemies to one of dangers and risks." Through the dramatization of media, we could no longer put a name and face to our enemy because it was portrayed as being all around us. There is no where that is safe from the new "inner demons" that have infiltrated society and the hearts of its citizens. Dystopian films are not denying that these inner demons exist; however, they are showing how the media can turn the public's view of these demons in order to either make people think they don't exist, or that there is one institution or person that is responsible. For example, if V for Vendetta, it is not V that is the enemy, but rather the government; however, the media (which is controlled by government) portrays V as the enemy because he ideals conflict with the corrupt and controlling ideals of the state. This film as well as many others is trying to show the dangers of allowing media to control a society. It is also trying to show, however, that media is currently gaining supremacy in our current society and if we do not recognize this, we can end up in situations similar to the dystopian films.