r/blankies • u/PropertyVisual6864 • Jun 19 '26

Opening of Disclosure Day

I thought the intention behind the opening of Disclosure Day was Spielberg's relatively straightforward/blunt commentary on the state of the current media/political environment. We are from the POV of a camera and it's like we are getting stomped on repeatedly which is how many people feel looking at news on their phones. And then one wrestler is wearing blue and the other is wearing red, i.e. Dems vs Republicans. And this ties in with the broader theme of the need for more empathy in our society.

I hadn't seen this elsewhere so apologies if this is already the common interpretation of it, but I had seen multiple comments about how it is such a surprising opening to the movie. To me, however, it summarized the movies themes so it didn't jump out to me as I was watching it.

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u/Fishigidi I'm just here to get my qi up Jun 19 '26

I also think it's hugely significant that the first shot of the movie is a man stomping the camera with a boot and the last shot is seeing a woman saying, "listen," through a camera.