tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075128716184046963.post8569630350993665264..comments2023-11-05T02:43:33.892-05:00Comments on SIS 640 Communiacs: Yelenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12796355222994134519noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075128716184046963.post-57360828918339787442009-09-28T21:31:58.413-04:002009-09-28T21:31:58.413-04:00looking forward to reading more on Karzai!
Taran...looking forward to reading more on Karzai! <br /><br />Tarantino - again: i REALLY do hope that people realize it's a mockery and NOT take it at least a bit seriously. though knowing the effects that "historical" (or rather - "history-less") movies can sometimes have, i tend to be worried.Yelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796355222994134519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075128716184046963.post-73024991552717413242009-09-28T21:00:24.009-04:002009-09-28T21:00:24.009-04:00The Karzai problem is too large to address in a si...The Karzai problem is too large to address in a single comment, so we will leave that one on the back burner for now.<br /><br />My point about the Tarantino film was that despite its historical inaccuracies, it was on many levels a statement about film and what it does to the notion of history and memory and of course film as a tool for propaganda.alibomayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284221755252681765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075128716184046963.post-67947258454885122902009-09-28T20:13:42.497-04:002009-09-28T20:13:42.497-04:00It's interesting that you mentioned Tarantino ...It's interesting that you mentioned Tarantino and his latest INDEED inglorious movie. It was a funny one to watch, but indeed VERY upsetting. Upsetting not because of all the horrid scalping and cutting scenes, but because of the IDEA in it. I surely hope that the majority of the audience will watch the movie "for entertainment", and yet we already established that IDEAS SHAPE PEOPLE AND SOCIETIES...<br /><br />I can't get over the fact that he had so much fun distorting history (well, I'd want to ask a 14-year-old American on what he thinks of the WW2 British intelligence officers after watching the movie) and creating a myth out of a blue (be it the Jewish-American OMNIPOTENT squad, RIDICULOUS European warfare strategies, or the extremely UNintelligent Nazi politicians). And just to make sure the movie resonates ENOUGH with the American audience - i.e. to drive home the point - he had to make sure he includes a black guy in the movie (well, after all the Jews had not experienced the discrimination/segregation problem in the US, at least not to the extent that they did in Europe; while making the point by using a black character made it "so much more powerful").<br /><br />As for Karzai, do you really think that if he had the POWER to do something about the broadcasting from California, he'd be still sitting around and getting annoyed about it?Yelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796355222994134519noreply@blogger.com