Trueimage 20174/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He shows active disinterest in Em’s ideas or plans for them and seems to not have a care in the world. In fact, she pays for most everything while James works on his second book. She paid for the travel, the hotel, the entire vacation. His wife Em’s father is his publisher and he coasts on her money. See, the spin with James is that he’s not really rich at all. It represents safety at a price, one that only the privileged can afford. James and Em’s vacation spot is also on a massive compound cut off from the rest of the country, not unlike vacation resorts in the real world that are closed off from the violence of their location countries. Familiar like our real world but not wholly recognizable. ![]() Obviously Infinity Pool is a work of fiction, its inspiration clearly rooted in realism but with an air of mysticism. What’s particularly fascinating about the world Cronenberg crafts is that it all feels almost inhuman or fabricated. Here at brunch they learn about local customs and celebrations that are considered exotic. It’s your typical lavish resort that would not feel out of place in an Expedia ad, and very obviously a place where people with money stay. Infinity Pool opens up in an unnamed country where struggling author James Foster and his wife Em ( Alexander Skargard and Cleopatra Coleman) are on vacation. Bringing his unique spin of cyberpunk dystopia to the class criticism genre, Cronenberg crafts a world that is a warped reflection of our own while looking into the mirror on himself and people that come from a place of privilege. On that note, Brandon Cronenberg just unleashed Infinity Pool to the masses this year. From Best Picture nominee Triangle of Sadness and the popular Netflix original Glass Onion, to HBO’s fascinating series The White Lotus, there’s no shortage of media criticizing those who have too much time and money on their hands. Media criticizing the upper class is about a dime a dozen these days, truth be told. Warning: This article contains spoilers for Infinity Pool.
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