It could be my own bias, but I wouldn't be surprised if more people were convinced by this movie of war's inherent wrongness, than of any specific corruption.
I don't think that's going to happen. War has become an integral part of human culture, unfortunately. God is always on someone's side. There's always someone fighting for a "good cause." There's always a crusade (to quote our president's ill-chosen term).
My disappointment with F911 -- though there was much of it that I liked -- came in the fact that I expected it to be a better piece of propaganda than it was. I had hoped for a film that would make the case against the Iraqi invasion and the Bush administration's born-again imperialism accessible to mainstream America. F911 didn't do that; it just preached to the choir (which I happen to be a part of.)
I deliberately chose to see the film in Daly City instead of SF, because I wanted to try, in some small way, to get away from my usual liberal echo chamber. Was curious to see the responses of a slightly broader audience. In the end, the theater was so quiet it was difficult to tell what anyone thought -- though I did ask a few people their opinions, which were generally positive.
I suspect, though, that farther afield, in the the red states of the Midwest, F911 going to alienate more than it convinces. And considering what's at stake, that's just depressing.
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Date: 2004-06-30 02:00 am (UTC)I don't think that's going to happen. War has become an integral part of human culture, unfortunately. God is always on someone's side. There's always someone fighting for a "good cause." There's always a crusade (to quote our president's ill-chosen term).
My disappointment with F911 -- though there was much of it that I liked -- came in the fact that I expected it to be a better piece of propaganda than it was. I had hoped for a film that would make the case against the Iraqi invasion and the Bush administration's born-again imperialism accessible to mainstream America. F911 didn't do that; it just preached to the choir (which I happen to be a part of.)
I deliberately chose to see the film in Daly City instead of SF, because I wanted to try, in some small way, to get away from my usual liberal echo chamber. Was curious to see the responses of a slightly broader audience. In the end, the theater was so quiet it was difficult to tell what anyone thought -- though I did ask a few people their opinions, which were generally positive.
I suspect, though, that farther afield, in the the red states of the Midwest, F911 going to alienate more than it convinces. And considering what's at stake, that's just depressing.