‘The Social Reckoning’ Already Feels Irrelevant
This article discusses the production of 'The Social Reckoning,' noting that director Aaron Sorkin was inspired to create the film after meeting Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. It contrasts the new film's focus on user harm with the original 'The Social Network's' focus on corporate power struggles.
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Provides context on the evolution of tech-focused cinema and the real-world events that drive modern narratives about social media accountability.
But, with a breakneck screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, a menacingly propulsive soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and a surgical performance from Jesse Eisenberg as Young Zuck, director David Fincher delivered a slick corporate thriller about the major drama to that point: intersecting lawsuits over who owned what percentage of the platform and who could lay claim as a founder. It was an electrifying film that seemed to only lightly fictionalize the newest and perhaps most cutthroat generation of Silicon Valley warlords.
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