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...debate spilled from TV talk shows to the movie and video screen. Popular movies often inspire imitations; that?s Hollywood?s version of brand appropriation, also known as stealing. But how many films have, within three months, inspired three movies denouncing...
...From different sides, ?Fahrenheit? and ?The Passion? proved that, in an era of depressingly trivial pop culture, movies can matter. I hope official Hollywood gets the message about these two message movies. Let?s see if the Motion Picture Academy takes Moore?s dare - since, with his usual hellacious chutzpah, he refused to submit it in the documentary category - and nominates it for Best Picture. In fact, if Academy members have even a pair of cojones among them, they?ll nominate both ?Fahrenheit? ?The Passion? for Best Picture of 2004. Think of it: the outraged Left vs. the religious Right...
...guise, nor, worse, apology. The blame for this does not belong to the consuming public, whose sense of taste and discernment, once fairly encouraging, has been hammered into near oblivion by several years of Gleasons, Godfreys and giveaways. It belongs to the producer networks, who, like their counterparts in Hollywood, have ignored the obligation incumbent on them to raise the level of human knowledge. Abandoning a marvelous opportunity, they engage in pointless competition, with prestige as their only visible goal...
...factory, Ding Hangjuan considers herself an expert in holiday paraphernalia. She's gleaned some of her designs from Hollywood movies, copied others from competitors, and learned a thing or two about her overseas buyers along the way. "Americans don't like images of Jesus in pain," she notes. "They prefer symbols of good luck, like angels and five-pointed stars." And although she doesn't quite say it, she thinks American revelers are a bit dim. Case in point: among her big sellers this year is a red bow with a tiny pinecone in the middle. She had paid peasants...
...movie will likely score big at the box office, and that might make Hollywood moneymen less dismissive of thoughtful Africa-focused films. But will Hotel Rwanda redirect America’s attention to the humanitarian crises of our day? Rusesabagina thinks so. “Whenever people are informed, that has an impact,” he says. George adds that he “felt good about the notion that we would at least stimulate people to get involved and mobilize...