I’ll stop debating the meaning of Digger soon. It’s just I remember when Fight Club came out and all these people reduced it to pro-Tyler Durden. Similar things happened with American Psycho. Killing Them Softly. Saltburn. Eddington. People went hard on first reactions that are based on external ideas applied to the film rather than looking at what the film is building internally. Like Eddington isn’t about the politics of the left and right. It’s about the loss of shared reality and how that impacts politics, government, marriages, friendships, etc. I didn’t love Saltburn but I hated how many critics and film folk were saying Saltburn was a rich girl complaining about people taking advantage of the rich. But that’s not even close to what the movie’s about. It’s about someone sacrifice their substance in the pursuit of style, after realizing the world rewards the latter more than the former. I feel like we’re experiencing something similar with Digger. And I’m just spending opening weekend putting an alternative reading out there so it’s at least a seed that’s been planted. What I expect is that in a few more years, more people will read the film less cynically and more earnestly.