Classified X...... Yea, I hear ya Mr Van Pebles!, I hear ya! Sure enough the information disclosed in this film may have been new news to some, but It was only supporting evidence to things that I had already known. I have always been one to decipher a film and to examine it's content. When everyone else would say " it's just a film!" But it's so much more than just a film! It's reality to those of us who have seen similar instances in public establishment such as movie theaters, restaurants. We've all seen ignorance by African Americans in public, the loud obnoxious guy who's using the N word like it's his favorite word in their vocabulary. And this individual is unphased by the stares in which they receive attributed to their raunch discourse.
I can not speak of the films created in the 30's, 40's, and 50's, I have never really been a fan of the old cinema, even though I probably should indulge in such classic cinema. but the root of all good cinema is realism! When I see A guy fire a six shooter 8 times repetitively, the film looses all sense of realism from that point on. But what if I was some snot noised 17 yea old kid who never even heard the term six shooter, And seen the same thing? out of ignorance, the film still kicks ass right?
There is a problem with film makers giving the public false portrayals of real life. this statement holds truths in all forms of media, rather it be news media, music media, or film media. Unfortunately it appears that the powers that be yield the almighty media sword, and are reluctant to put such a powerful tool in the hands of those of us who want to depict a realistic version of true to life characters, as well as scenarios. Why is it this way you may ask? Well.....In life, there are winners, and their are losers. and the winners, also known as the have's intend to keep their counterparts, the have not's into constant conflict, therefore obliterating the probability of the feeble minded have not's to do something that is detrimental to change, and that is to think logically, rather than to think like an elitus and a racist, leaving those of us who see things unfamiliar to us to live in fear of the unknown. Media is the ultimate tool to control the thinking process of the feeble minded! and it is so convenient to, all in the comfort of your very own home!
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You made the comment that all great cinema is rooted in reality. While I think this is true, I do not agree with your example. The six-shooter example dismisses all fantasy as good cinema, but I say that fantasy, with completely unrealistic elements, can also communicate reality well. The cinema we speak of is fiction in the first place, and any viewer attempting to view it as reality (as so many viewers do with films that claim to be "based on true stories") will be sorely dissapointed and misled.
Even films with completely unrealistic elements can unearth a deeper understanding of a wordly truth. (Take Tarkovsky's Solaris or, for a more modern example, Being John Malkovich for example.) If a story communicate a truth, or profound questions, through fantastical means, who are we to fault it?
True indeed, but I think Your missing the point entirely chief!
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