Our Biggest Unanswered Questions After The Platform
Netflix's The Platform left a lot of questions up in the air. The Platform's ending was a damning condemnation of capitalist greed, while arguing that for humankind to thrive, the world needs to move towards a more egalitarian distribution of wealth. The Platform has already been hailed as a Spanish-language equivalent to the works of Bong Joon-Ho such as Snowpiercer and the Oscar-winning Parasite.
Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, The Platform follows the journey of Goreng (Iván Massagué) after he volunteered for a stay in "a Vertical Self-Management Center." The social experiment involved food being delivered through a platform, with those at the top getting first dibs as the platform moves down the tower. The Netflix horror movie examines ideas of greed and accountability: the premise — the people in the facility competing for food, with those on the top floors having more than enough and those on the bottom starving — is a clear analogy for capitalism.
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Though he ultimately escaped, Goreng found himself on a grotesque journey to not only survive but fix the broken system as desperation, hunger, and even madness began to set in. Goreng is forced to travel deeper and deeper into The Pit, with the story increasingly becoming metaphorical and ambiguous. As a result, there are still many big, thought-provoking questions for audiences to ponder long after The Platform's highly symbolic ending.
As part of his mission to change the system in Netflix's The Platform, Goreng ultimately teamed with Baharat (Emilio Buale Coka). Following a failed attempt to climb to the uppermost levels, Goreng suggested that they instead needed to journey down rather than up.
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