Turner State of Play

Privacy is necessary for democracy to flourish because democracy is government by the people. If people cannot protect their privacy from the government because they do not have the power to do so, then the citizens don’t have freedom. The United States is founded on allowing citizens to have freedom. Being watched or tracked by the government, and not having privacy, shows that the government and corporations have an undemocratic power over individuals.

State of Play had the rhyming element of helicopters. The helicopter at the beginning of State of Play shows how Point Corp is able to keep an eye on everything. The helicopters are shown above, giving a feeling that people have no control over the surveillance company. Also at the beginning of the movie, we see Sonia walking, and it looks like someone is hiding and watching her. This proves to be true. We later find out that PointCorp was behind what happens to her. When Collins is at the press conference after finding out what happened to Sonia, he breaks down crying. Immediately the press goes crazy and rumors begin that he has had an affair with Sonia. Just because of this, his image is ruined and he won’t be known for what he did for the country. All of these first scenes are related to privacy. Sonia is being tracked and has no privacy which leads to her death. Initially Sonia was sent to spy on Collins by PointCorp. Collins, is a political figure and is often in the media, and therefore has no privacy.