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Ruben Östlund Admits He Bought a Plane to Make ‘The Entertainment System Is Down,’ Cast Keanu Reeves as an Electrician and Says It’s About Today’s Society: ‘We’re Harming Ourselves and We Know It’

Jan 29, 2026 9:50am PT Ruben Östlund Admits He Bought a Plane to Make ‘The Entertainment System Is Down,’ Cast Keanu Reeves as an Electrician and Says It’s About Today’s Society: ‘We’re Harming Ourselves and We Know It’ By Marta Balaga Plus Icon Marta Balaga Latest There’s More to Rotterdam Than ‘Edgy and Unconventional Cinema,’ Say Festival Heads Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart: ‘We Want to Be Accessible’ 9 hours ago Bendita Film Sales Acquires Welf Reinhart’s Rotterdam Premiere ‘A Fading Man’: ‘It’s About a Love Story’ (EXCLUSIVE) 10 hours ago Noomi Rapace Talks ‘Angry’ Public Image, Calls for More Money for Swedish Film and Dedicates Nordic Honorary Dragon Award to Son Lev: ‘My Closest Witness’ 24 hours ago See All Ruben Östlund Courtesy of Goteborg Film Festival Oscar nominee Ruben Östlund opened up about his upcoming seventh feature “The Entertainment System Is Down.” It follows passengers on a long-haul flight who are suddenly forced to confront their boredom when the entertainment system fails, as advertised by the title. “Sometimes [the film] starts with a scene – like with ‘Force Majeure’ and that avalanche sequence. This time it started with a title.

Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund

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Key Highlights

  • I was traveling a lot with ‘The Square,’ we were flying over the Atlantic and me and my wife were discussing that it would be an interesting set-up: What if all these screens stop working?
  • Then we started to play around with it.” Related Stories Man Arrested at Sundance for Racially Motivated Incident at CAA Party; Victim Was Florida Congressman 'Sentimental Value' and 'The Worst Person in the World' Writer Eskil Vogt Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE) “I would tell people about it and when you have a strong set-up, they share their stories.
  • I stole them immediately – I don’t ask for permission.
  • I didn’t know how it should stop working, though.
  • One journalist told me about her flight: a man had a heart attack.
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  1. Ruben Östlund Admits He Bought a Plane to Make ‘The Entertainment System Is Down,’ Cast Keanu Reeves as an Electrician and Says It’s About Today’s Society: ‘We’re Harming Ourselves and We Know It’

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