Donald Sutherland: 'I want Hunger Games to stir up a revolution'

The Hunger Games, Sutherland suggests, is a coded commentary on inequality, power and hope. "It just puts things out in the light and lets you have a look at it. And if you take from it what I hope you will take from it, it will make you think a little more pungently about the political environment you live in and not be complacent."

Four films spread over as many years can have a cumulative impact, he says. Young people may not revolt, he concedes, but they may effect profound change. "They might create a third party. They might change the electoral process, they might be able to take over the government, change the tax system."