How Seeing “Civil War” Made Me a Tragic Optimist

It sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s key to facing reality with optimism

Jan M Flynn
ILLUMINATION-Curated
7 min readMay 6, 2024

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Photo by Pop & Zebra on Unsplash

This story isn’t a movie review

It’s more like a debrief. Because seeing Civil War, the 2024 film written and directed by Alex Garland, is an experience so intense that it requires some metabolizing.

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Jan M Flynn
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Writer & educator. The Startup, Writing Cooperative, P.S. I Love You, The Ascent, more. Award-winning short fiction. Visit me at www.JanMFlynn.net.