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17	September 2019

East Sheds Light on the Dark World of American Extremism

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front was one of the best documentaries of 2011. It's a fascinating film that humanizes a self-righteous group of American underground extremists. It's an intricate film about domestic terrorism that may not provide all the answers to the questions it raises, but it might be doing it on purpose.

The East is also a giant step forward for Brit Marling, already one of the industry's sharpest minds and best actresses. She's on her way to superstardom and her path has been carved out of a series of dramatic roles she's had a hand in writing (Another Earth, Sound of my Voice, and The East). She was a Georgetown economics major who turned her back on Wall Street to pursue a career in the arts Cheap Cigarettes Near Me. Her conviction shows up onscreen. She's the type of actor who rules every scene she's in, and not just because she's beautiful.

Marling plays Sarah in The East, a spy for a private intelligence firm tasked by a superior (the cutthroat Patricia Clarkson) to infiltrate a highly-secretive anarchist group known only as "The East." Sarah sets out alone, hitchhiking, camping, and jumping rails amongst different groups of drifters and off-the-grid-types until she finds a member of the clandestine gang.

Sarah's journey is shown in an extended montage, rendered brilliantly by Batmanglij. The young director is already a master at creating cinematic moments. When Sarah discovers she's in the car of an East member, her realization is shown without dialogue. She finds a broken compass. Turning it in every direction, the needle remains on "E." Another scene shows Sarah calling "home Price Of Cigarettes." A woman answers and greets her by name. The camera zooms out and shows the woman at a desk in front of many phones, each marked with a name. With this one shot, Batmanglij conveys the scope of the film. Sarah is one of many undercover agents all over the country.

Once she's in the belly of the beast, Sarah is met warmly by the East's unassuming leader Benji (Alexander Skarsgard) and coldly by his right-hand woman Izzy (Ellen Page). She quickly realizes how dedicated the group is, evidenced by a cult-like dinner scene involving straitjackets that could've been lifted from Sound of my Voice How Many Packs Of Cigarettes Are In A Carton. The hive mind mentality is strong and Sarah is tested when a member leaves and she's asked to participate in a "jam Best Menthol Cigarettes," the radicals' term for their acts of anti-corporate terrorism.

The introduction of the East members and their way of life mirrors the way Batmanglij takes us behind the curtain in Sound of my Voice to meet cult leader Maggie Cigarettes Brands. The director seems fascinated by big reveals and ordinary people in extraordinary situations Buy Tobacco Online. The big difference between the two films is the smoke around who to root for. Sound of my Voice doesn't invite empathy with the group members, but The East does. Sarah is the audience surrogate but she's a spy and a liar. The East may be extremists, but they've got the high moral ground. They seek to punish corporations who poison their consumers (literally), so who to root for?

This is the question at the heart of the film. Batmanglij doesn't make things easy. People are hurt, including an East member, and Sarah is faced with a choice near the end. Her decision isn't a universal truth, it's an ambiguous one and one that will be judged differently by different people with different agendas. In this respect The East is burrowing into something quite profound. While it may be stating the obvious to say everyone has their own viewpoint, The East exposes all sides of the issue, but still manages to make a choice based on one character's life and experience. Whether or not that choice is wrong is left for us to judge.
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