"What do you bring to society?": Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson from "Triangle of Sadness"

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"We can't be ruled by technology, by social media."   Playing model/influencers in "Triangle Of Sadness" got actors Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson considering their own presence online ... #Cannes2022

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00:00What do you bring to society, whether it's your wealth or your beauty or your power or like, what is your currency?

00:06Sorry for scrutinizing social media when this is a social media outlet.

00:19Part of the film is obviously, you know, like supermodels going on a luxury cruise, all expense paid and then ending up on an island.

00:26And I think even on the cruise, they're kind of like imposters because they're not necessarily from that world to begin with.

00:33And then when it comes to the actual, what the movie is about, I feel like it definitely is got layers of like, what do you bring to society,

00:40whether it's your wealth or your beauty or your power or like, what is your currency?

00:45And then as you move into the island, it goes away, right?

00:48And then it's like, what do you, what do you bring to the table?

00:51So it's a little bit of all of that, right?

00:53I think ultimately we have to look at the evolution of capitalism and how we are now in a place where it's such an integral part of our lives.

01:06And to resist that and to go back from that is such an unnatural notion.

01:13And so how do you deal with that and how do you try to reject that?

01:20It's a very difficult thing to do.

01:22And, you know, even strong willed people at the best of times succumb to it.

01:29You know, so it's like it makes us feel good.

01:32Like it makes us feel like it's like reward system.

01:36It's like we need more things.

01:38And, you know, we're all guilty of it unless you're living out in the woods or something.

01:46Can you relax your triangle of sadness?

01:51That's like between your eyebrows here.

01:53OK.

01:54A little bit more.

02:00How do you feel about it?

02:01About social media?

02:03It's a double edged sword.

02:04I like it a lot.

02:05I found a lot of inspiration on there and a lot of brilliant accounts and funny content, but also it's addictive.

02:14I mean, I don't like being addicted to things.

02:18It's designed to keep you on it for longer.

02:20We have to fight against it.

02:22We have to reclaim our lives.

02:23We can't be ruled by technology, by social media.

02:30I don't think much has changed with my presence online.

02:33I try to be as authentic as possible.

02:35And I think that's kind of what my followers like.

02:38Maybe I'm a little bit offbeat sometimes, but I think it's who I am.

02:43I try to keep it as much me as possible.

02:54We are all equal.

02:56That is so true.

02:57Everyone's equal.

02:59So what one thing would you definitely want to have with you if you ever found yourself shipwrecked?

03:05The right company.

03:07I think that's what it would be.

03:09So the right people and childhood, probably.

03:13If I was on my own, you know what I mean?

03:15Some books and some journals.

03:19You can write some ****.

03:20I'd like to reread 1984 a few times.

03:23It would be nice to reread.

03:25Maybe I'll just see a few different translations of that, a few different write-ups of that.

03:32Try and get that rich mythical literature in.

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