At the Movies
Michael Wood: ‘Leviathan’, 8 January 2015
“... Andrey Zvyagintsev’s
Leviathan begins and ends as a harsh parable of the isolated individual’s losing battle against a corrupt, tentacular system. The director himself, in a press release, invites us to look to Hobbes for the meaning of the title. We have swapped our freedom for the security provided by a sovereign state – in this case an illusory exchange ... ”
