wiesiek wrote:Is Hollywood production able to put some fresh light in the topic?
Looki`n back on their productions - I guess not
they simply playing on emotions using light and sound magic
Steve James wrote:Well, you really don't want to see this movie. Hmm, I really can't think of many "Hollywood" movies that are about slavery. Which movies turned you off? Did you see "Birth of a Nation" or "Gone With the Wind"? Or, did your feelings come from seeing movies at all?
Afa going to Auschwitz, I don't think it's about going to the place. It wasn't destroyed so that it could become a tourist attraction. I understand completely why Poles and Germans don't like being forced to remember a horrible history that happened before they were born. That's just it, though; remembering that history may save their lives (or their children's lives) in the future.
But, I think the resentment comes from people thinking the point of remembering is to make them feel bad or good about themselves. "You must go to this movie and realize that you are eeevil." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRamB30E9mU
Of course, you know that there are Jewish people who avoid movies about the holocaust, as well as loads of Black people who won't see plantation movies. And, that's not because they don't want to see the horror. They don't like to continue to see themselves as victims. In fact, that is one of the nuances of "12 Years." But, you'd need to see it, even though you may know everything there is to know about the subject.
Now, "Django Unchained" was great. I don't know if I learned anything about anything from it, or from "Inglourious Bastards" either. But, I got 'em both on bluray ... sshhh
Anyway, maybe some people would like to go back to the days of Show Boat and GWTW. It was all so much simpler then.
Yep, Tarrantino is a delightful breath of fresh air Very realistical ... and truthy.
Steve James wrote:Well, you really don't want to see this movie. Hmm, I really can't think of many "Hollywood" movies that are about slavery. Which movies turned you off? Did you see "Birth of a Nation" or "Gone With the Wind"? Or, did your feelings come from seeing movies at all?
Afa going to Auschwitz, I don't think it's about going to the place. It wasn't destroyed so that it could become a tourist attraction. I understand completely why Poles and Germans don't like being forced to remember a horrible history that happened before they were born. That's just it, though; remembering that history may save their lives (or their children's lives) in the future.
But, I think the resentment comes from people thinking the point of remembering is to make them feel bad or good about themselves. "You must go to this movie and realize that you are eeevil." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRamB30E9mU
Of course, you know that there are Jewish people who avoid movies about the holocaust, as well as loads of Black people who won't see plantation movies. And, that's not because they don't want to see the horror. They don't like to continue to see themselves as victims. In fact, that is one of the nuances of "12 Years." But, you'd need to see it, even though you may know everything there is to know about the subject.
Now, "Django Unchained" was great. I don't know if I learned anything about anything from it, or from "Inglourious Bastards" either. But, I got 'em both on bluray ... sshhh
Anyway, maybe some people would like to go back to the days of Show Boat and GWTW. It was all so much simpler then.
Yep, Tarrantino is a delightful breath of fresh air Very realistical ... and truthy.
convenient truths that makes them feel good.
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