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...current government's obsession with the Civil War. Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero seems to be consumed by what happened 70 years ago. He wants to demonstrate that there were good guys and bad guys in our Civil War and that the so-called spirit of transition to democracy of the 1970s, in which the Spanish people preferred to look together to a democratic future rather than repeat the errors of the past, was a mistake. Fortunately, as usual, Spain's citizens are smarter than its politicians. Most of the people are not interested in this...
...whose great subjects have been extremists (see Aguirre, The Wrath of God), combines hundreds of hours of video tape Treadwell shot over the years and interviews with people who knew Treadwell to create an ironic, dubious, compelling portrait of a man succumbing to madness without losing his chipper, childlike spirit. People keep saying that Treadwell "crossed the line" that separates man from beast, which is surely true. But he also crossed the line between sanity and insanity, and as intimate portrait of that process this film is both unique and unimprovable...
...never quite sure what to make of him. The artgoing public might admire his output, despite or because of his "primitivism," but even his biggest fans were disconcerted that a minor civil servant could rise to such heights. Some said he painted "without thinking," others claimed he worked under spirit guidance. In fact, he put together his dramatic tableaux using photographs, postcards, book and magazine illustrations, and drawings of plants or scenes he made on the spot. Stories of life in the bloodthirsty wild were popular in his day, and the source material on show includes an album he owned...
...flew home to spend a marvelous weekend with my family in New Orleans. Amid the blue tarps over most roofs, the fallen trees on the front lawns and the mountains of trash, the live, positive spirit of New Orleans is strongly felt by every person who has returned home. What I gained from my visit was not a memory of disaster but a feeling of gratitude. The laughter and optimism reflected in the smiles of the people I met showed that no matter how much was lost, they are grateful to be alive. Nain Martinez Jr. Berkeley, California...
...cabinet meeting of masked officials shouting “double fuck France,” and a chorus of easily-swayed journalists rocking back and forth to the rhythm of a military official’s speech about his nation’s “can-do spirit,” “Embedded”’s commentary on the Iraq War comes out loud and clear. Even in its theatrical incarnation, “Embedded Live!” had its opponents. Opening in L.A. in July of 2003 and moving to New York...