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Where to Invade Next is fascinating and disappointing
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pveugelaers
Documentary, Where to Invade Next, does sound like a critique on American military invasion. With Michael Moore as director, it’s no wonder if it is. Michael Moore isn’t new to the military subject. He has made documentaries before, as you most likely know, that analyze and deconstruct U.S. military invasion into foreign countries, such as…
Steven Spielberg ‘s Lincoln
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pveugelaers
Why is Lincoln important? It’s obvious. Abraham Lincoln has got to be, as he puts a stop to slavery, at the end of the Civil War, 1865. Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln. Day-Lewis first appeared in feature films in Gandhi (1982, Britain) as the guy on the street who stops Gandhi in his…
Primal fantasy
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pveugelaers
Revenge of the Sith, the third episode of Star Wars, is a ‘primal’ fantasy. By primal I mean a type of basic human experience, in the form of a fantasy. Entitlement and power The experience of entitlement in Star Wars is based in power. Senator Palpatine (who later becomes the Emperor) is really a dark…
Auschwitz in 20 minutes
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pveugelaers
Twenty minutes was too much. I sat down to watch the highly praised Son of Saul (2015, Hungary), not really wanting to, but still considering the film one to see. Its subject isn’t easy viewing. It is difficult to watch. Son of Saul is set in the Auschwitz concentration camps of World War II. They…
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