The U.S. vs. John Lennon (David Leaf & John Scheinfeld, 2006)
Angela Davis looked smart, tough and cool. But Bobby Seale looked awkward in his black beret.
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I met a man one time who told me that he doesn't watch American movies. He said thet he had already seen enough to last him a lifetime. That they had nothing new to offer him. He admittedly didn't go to the cinema often,, but when he did it had to be some kind of foriegn film.
Rekha and I debated about whether or not that was a decent stand to take. I figuered it was okay. I mean the US have the monopoly and, hey, with most people they have the opposite problem: the only watch American films, so it's nice to see someone mixing it up. Rekha wasn't so sure.
One quote from The U.S. vs. John Lennon went like this:
"[John Lennon] represented life and Nixon - and Bush - represent death. And that's bad."
The audience cheered. But, then, I think they felt a little bit sad because the movie just reaffirmed opinions that they already had. And worse, going to documetaries and feeling outraged and then going home to see the same power structures in place is becoming a cruel and tired exercise. The way my friend probably feels the last time he saw Titanic
This probably wasn't very useful.
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Last Friday we all decided that we had to go see Borat. Unfortunately it was only playing in two theatres - and only megaplexes on the edge of town. We got on the 95 and by the time it went over the Mackenzie King bridge it was pretty apparent that the bus was filled with teenage hipsters from the city going to see Borat.
And when we got there they said it has been sold out for hours.
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I met a man one time who told me that he doesn't watch American movies. He said thet he had already seen enough to last him a lifetime. That they had nothing new to offer him. He admittedly didn't go to the cinema often,, but when he did it had to be some kind of foriegn film.
Rekha and I debated about whether or not that was a decent stand to take. I figuered it was okay. I mean the US have the monopoly and, hey, with most people they have the opposite problem: the only watch American films, so it's nice to see someone mixing it up. Rekha wasn't so sure.
One quote from The U.S. vs. John Lennon went like this:
"[John Lennon] represented life and Nixon - and Bush - represent death. And that's bad."
The audience cheered. But, then, I think they felt a little bit sad because the movie just reaffirmed opinions that they already had. And worse, going to documetaries and feeling outraged and then going home to see the same power structures in place is becoming a cruel and tired exercise. The way my friend probably feels the last time he saw Titanic
This probably wasn't very useful.
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Last Friday we all decided that we had to go see Borat. Unfortunately it was only playing in two theatres - and only megaplexes on the edge of town. We got on the 95 and by the time it went over the Mackenzie King bridge it was pretty apparent that the bus was filled with teenage hipsters from the city going to see Borat.
And when we got there they said it has been sold out for hours.