The director of The Platform, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, has specifically stated that the film is intended to be a "social self-criticism," which uses allegory to point out the flaws of any system that allows inequity and waste. In an interview with Collider, the director said, "In a world where many starve, suffer imposed wars, lack medicine ... the waste and superficiality of the so-called 'first world' is insulting." He then went on to describe the reactions he hoped to evoke from the audience, which he felt he achieved: "Being so deliberately abstract, leaving countless nuances on the threshold of comprehension, [the audience understands], as we had planned, [that] inequalities occur everywhere in one way or another."
As for those "nuances," Gaztelu-Urrutia indicated that — not only were the film's ambiguities intentional — he knew some of the answers to its most scintillating questions, but wouldn't disclose them. Is the little girl really Miharu's daughter? "I know this, but I'm not going to reveal it." What happens to Goreng at the end, and do his efforts foster any change? "That's something that you should ask society." Does anyone actually get released from the Center, or is it really the kind of purgatory it seems to be? "Well ... A police officer just arrived ... I have to pick up from the table and get out of here."
Well, alrighty. It's been reported that The Platform was viewed by a staggering 56 million Netflix subscribers in its first month of release, and if we were talking about any other movie, a sequel would pretty much be a no-brainer. From where we're sitting, though, it seems like Gaztelu-Urrutia is more than content to let his movie keep its secrets — so we're thinking that The Platform 2 is looking like a non-starter. Of course, we'll keep both ears to the ground for any news proving us wrong, and we'll keep you apprised of any developments.
