Actor George Clooney said his new film "Suburbicon" is a response to the divisive 2016 presidential campaign and "anger" in the U.S.

“There is a dark cloud hanging over our country right now,” Clooney, who is a vocal critic of President Trump, said at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, according to The Associated Press.

“A lot of us are angry — angry at ourselves, angry at the way that the country is going, angry at the way the world is going,” he said.

Clooney said the presidential campaign was influential while he was co-writing the script with Joel and Ethan Coen.

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“I was watching a lot of speeches on the campaign trail about building fences and scapegoating minorities,” the actor said.

"Suburbicon" is about a quiet, predominantly white 1950s community that lashes out in anger when a black family moves into the neighborhood.

“Unfortunately, these are issues that are never out of vogue in our country,” the actor continued, adding "We’ve still got a lot of work to do from our original sin of slavery and racism.”

Clooney also mulled running for president on Saturday, though he was apparently being sarcastic in saying, "Oh, that sounds like fun."

Clooney argued before the 2016 election that Trump would not be elected president, saying, "Fear is not something that drives out country. We’re not going to be scared of Muslims or immigrants or women. We’re not actually afraid of anything, so we are not going to use fear. It’s not going to be an issue.”