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One should actually sit through Gran Torino because it shows us (not that many on this list don't know or have not seen Birth of a Nation) that a movie can be both well crafted and reactionary. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Picking a movie one hasen't seen...reminds me of Norman Mailer's swan > song > > as a regular columnist for the Village Voice. He reviewed a movie he > hadn't > > seen, admitted it in his review and got a response from readers who were > > rather appalled. He recounts this in "Advertisements for Myself," I > believe. > > But I generally have to agree with his approach which is consistent > with > > so much modern political communication. Why read something or see > something > > before you comment on it? > > I imagine that most people are aware that I am in the habit of > giving movies terrible reviews after seeing only 5 or 10 minutes > of them. That used to drive one ex-subscriber who shall go > nameless crazy. Life is too short to sit through Gran Torino and > that is that. > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: [email protected] > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/ernestleif%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
