With the nip in the air, I am already looking forward to watching one of my all time fave films this December. The film runs twice on NBC--On Christmas Eve and the weekend 2 weeks before. Even though we have the DVD I'll probably watch both times.
I was telling a friend who has yet to watch it how great it is, that it's not just some happy, annoying film that shoves its values down your throat, but rather, one that can help get you to appreciate what you have in life, helping you realize that a wonderful life is not necessarily one full of fortune and travel, but one that has impact.
Here is the trailer to this wonderful film, and I hope you'll consider watching it this year. It's the #1 essay on Cosmoetica with over 50 million reads thus far, which says something. Check out the trailer and read the review here.
Showing posts with label Frank Capra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Capra. Show all posts
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6/7/09
Frank Capra's Why We Fight Agitprop Films
Frank Capra's series of 7 agitprop films during WW2 are better than thought by many. Yes, there are racial stereotypes, but it's still contains facts often lost in later docs.
I wrote of the series: 'the film series is well worth watching, not only for the obvious reasons, but for the subtle things it reveals, such as the use of the plural for terms like X millions when referring to dollars, rather than the modern singular, or the most overused graphic in the whole series- a Japanese sword piercing the center of Manchuria. Yet, it also shows the complexities of trying to apply past standards to current wars. The lesson of World War One (avoid foreign entanglements) was not applicable to World War Two, whose own lesson (act early against dictatorships) has not been applicable in the three major wars America has fought since: Korea, Vietnam, nor Iraq.'
A snippet on the series:
I wrote of the series: 'the film series is well worth watching, not only for the obvious reasons, but for the subtle things it reveals, such as the use of the plural for terms like X millions when referring to dollars, rather than the modern singular, or the most overused graphic in the whole series- a Japanese sword piercing the center of Manchuria. Yet, it also shows the complexities of trying to apply past standards to current wars. The lesson of World War One (avoid foreign entanglements) was not applicable to World War Two, whose own lesson (act early against dictatorships) has not been applicable in the three major wars America has fought since: Korea, Vietnam, nor Iraq.'
A snippet on the series:
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