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We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher (2025)
We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher (2025)
Overview
Experimental documentary examining cultural theorist Mark Fisher's legacy on hauntology and capitalist realism, structured meta-fictionally as the process of making the film itself. Directed by Sophie Mellor and Simon Poulter, it stars Justin P. Hopper as Professor Parkins, a spectral guide to Fisher's ideas. The 65-minute work blends archival material, interviews, and protest footage in a melancholic tone.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Experimental documentary examining cultural theorist Mark Fisher's legacy on hauntology and capitalist realism, structured meta-fictionally as the process of making the film itself. Directed by Sophie Mellor and Simon Poulter, it stars Justin P. Hopper as Professor Parkins, a spectral guide to Fisher's ideas. The 65-minute work blends archival material, interviews, and protest footage in a melancholic tone.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The documentary centers on Mark Fisher's philosophy, which delivers explicit systemic critiques of capitalism and neoliberalism as the core thesis. Its experimental structure and production model champion collective resistance and post-capitalist futures as the advocated solution.
The film employs traditional casting with a small, predominantly white ensemble and no recasting of roles for diversity. Narrative elements subtly critique capitalist systems that reinforce traditional power structures through class-based analysis, without explicit focus on race, gender, or equity themes.
Secondary
This experimental documentary endorses Mark Fisher's dismissal of queer activism within identity politics, framing it as an elitist barrier to collective leftist action and portraying related criticisms of his work as unjust pile-ons.
The film lacks any depiction of family structures, roles, or values, concentrating on Mark Fisher's theoretical ideas about capitalism and culture rather than personal relationships.
The film contains no depiction of transsexual characters or themes. Its focus on cultural theorist Mark Fisher's ideas on capitalism and culture omits any transgender-related content.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Archival footage depicts the male philosopher Mark Fisher without alteration, and male actor Justin Hopper portrays Professor Parkins, a canonically male character from M.R. James' ghost story, resulting in no gender swaps.
This experimental documentary on Mark Fisher's theories uses archival footage, interviews, and a metaphorical portrayal of a literary character by an actor of matching race, with no recasting of established figures across racial lines.
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