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...association of political films with propaganda springs partially from their similarly visceral impact and their ability to affect the viewer; however, as a spectator pointed out after Sauper’s screening of “Darwin’s Nightmare” two months ago at the Harvard Film Archive, any successful art form shakes viewers emotionally. This effect should not be deemed as ghastly or even as a synonym of the much feared “propaganda.” In fact, it is quite the opposite. Drawing from scholarly research by P. M. Taylor, the main difference...
...resists the temptation to which other good filmmakers often give in: he does not provide any ideal solution, enlightened path, or Messiah-like revelation. One-hundred seven minutes of hard-to-digest reality rapidly come to an end. But as artistic masterpieces ought to do, it will keep any viewer thinking for a long time to come: about fish, about globalization, and about what each of us can do. In Sauper’s own words, he merely “gets some brains boiling.” By avoiding the dangers of propaganda and staying in the realm...
...instance. I hate them passionately. And trans fats—they repulse me. Heart-to-heart conversations, romanticism, and the notion that honesty is always the best policy, I also abhor. But since Facebook leaves me no space to air my distastes in one fell swoop, the viewer of my profile has no way of knowing that I am an insincere, cold-hearted, organic food-eating snob with commitment issues. Facebook leaves me feeling as though I’m lying to the world, or at least to the people who are stalking my Facebook profile. By ignoring such...
...they have cause for concern; previous Bronzés movies did well in cinemas and were absorbed into French pop culture after TV broadcasts and retail sales took them to wider audiences, winning new generations of admirers. The new movie should reach break-even point when the 8 millionth viewer parks in a seat at the movie house to watch the fun. But neither Leconte nor Jugnot expect foreign audiences to queue round the block. "France's sense of humor and comedies just don't seem to globalize," says Leconte, "unless the Americans decide to remake them." Les Bronz...
SASHA VS. SACHA: A VIEWER'S GUIDE TO KEEPING YOUR COHENS STRAIGHT U.S. figure skater SASHA COHEN and British comic SACHA BARON COHEN share more than a moniker...