Donnachaidh
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:01 PM
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TCM is airing *Birth of a Nation* tonight at 8 pm eastern time |
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I've never seen the entire film - and I'm sure others haven't either. Just FYI.
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:08 PM
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1. Watch it. It will be a real eye opener. |
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Its funny - the movie really spells out the racist fears of White Southerners
Blacks are the evil of all evils - but they're scared of ghosts!
Oh and the worst thing that can happen is a black man TOUCHES a white girl. Oh the HORROR!
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:17 PM
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4. I've got to get my teen son to watch it too |
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I've tried to explain some of the wild racial shit that's gone down in our country. Sounds as if this would help.
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:18 PM
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5. It would be interesting to also watch "Triumph of the Will" |
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If you knew absolutely nothing about Adolf Hitler, and all you saw was that movie, you'd probably think Adolf was a stand-up guy
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:09 PM
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2. Even in my film clas 40 years ago I didn't see the whole thing. |
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I wonder if I can figure out (remember) how to tape on my old VCR? I've got writers' group tonight and will have to miss it.
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:12 PM
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3. I've seen it soup to nuts |
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We DID have to watch it beginning to end at Niagara in the 1990's. That, Triumph of the Will and I forget the third one that was used as a propaganda tool. Art and History of Film was required for all Mass Comm majors . . . I'm still not sure how I feel about it - much in the same way that I'm not sure how I feel about Reifenstahl's work - but I can still SEE the imagery and cinematography to this day. I.E. Snippets of images and scenes of both films.
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:33 PM
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Form: Amazing reinvention of film language.
Content: Garbage.
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Mon Apr-11-11 01:20 PM
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...that this movie has been available for free, legally, thanks to archive.org for some time? http://www.archive.org/details/dw_griffith_birth_of_a_nation
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