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The Bubble (2022)

★ 4.6 · 506 ratings on TMDB

Where will you be when disaster strikes?

The Bubble poster★ 4.6

Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel while quarantining at a posh hotel.

DirectorJudd Apatow
CastDavid Duchovny, Fred Armisen, Guz Khan, Iris Apatow, Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key
GenresComedy
The emergence reading

The Bubble keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, exploitation, labor, authority, media.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)E7/E9 · rare rung · exploitation, powerRoger & Me (1989)E7/E10 · rare rung · authority, exploitationDogma (1999)E9/E10/E14 · rare rung · authority, powerDamsel (2024)E6/E9/E10 · rare rung · authority, powerThe Odyssey (2026)E6/E9/E10 · rare rung · authority, powerKing Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · exploitation, power

Same people

Shared director or cast.

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