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Originally Posted by Whitehall
I still think political movies are manipulative and I'd rather not be the passive receptor.
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Insert "newspaper", "TV news", or "pop music". All "art" had better be manipulative, or it will flop. The trick is avoiding overt propaganda.
We won't see the like of Ed Murrow, Walter Cronkite, or Bill Paley again.
I took my most "right-wing" (VERY right-wing) friend to see "Syriana". He hates George Clooney, and he disliked the film for its presentation of the Middle East in relation to the USA, even though it was written by a right-wing maverick. He didn't like the messenger, didn't want to hear the message, and pre-judged it. As closed minded as they come.
But the soundtrack to "Syriana" is great, too.
