Did you see Masked and Anonymous?

[rumguy]

"The only power the government has is to crack down on criminals. When there aren't enough criminals, you make them. You make so many things a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws. Then you cash in on the guilt."

"Keeping people from being free is big business."

"Newspapers are all a false map of the world."

"Dion: What war?

Nina: What war? Are you kidding me? All the wars. The futility of war....There's shooting and killing. How do you define a war, in this day and age?

Dion: What are they fighting about?

Nina: I don't know what they're fighting about. Do the Hindus, Jews, Arabs, Irish, Muslims, Buddhists, know what they're fighting about? ... The last person who actually knew that was killed years ago."

"I'm from a small village in the mountains. We don't even have a doctor. So I joined the rebels....Pretty soon, I saw the rebel movement was corrupt. The leadership were lying to the people. They wanted to replace the old government with a new government which was just as bad....A small army of counter-revolutionaries grew to battle the rebels in the mountains....I changed sides. No one ever noticed. This new movement was fighting for the truth the rebels supposedly believed in but really didn't. Then I realized that this movement was funded by the very government I wanted to topple. By that time, I realized I didn't want the government to fall...I joined the government forces....Then one day, we wiped out a small village. We were told something about rebels having infiltrated. But it was a lie. The men were already dead or old. All that was left were women and children. It was my village."

[redqueen]

1. No, but now I want to n/t

[Whitacre D_WI]

2. Yes.

Great movie.

Really, it's like a 2-hour Dylan song. Dense and oblique, plenty of red herrings thrown in to keep you off the real story.

I only saw it once, in the theatre -- I need to pick up the DVD, 'cause dollars to donuts says it'll hold up to repeated viewings.

[rumguy]

4. it does

[capriccio]

3. The Perfect Dylan Movie...

Unmasked and obvious he ain't...ever.