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Posted by irascian on 03/01/06 07:07
Gunther Gloop wrote:
> I saw Capote yesterday and I think it illustrates a point I was making
> earlier in this thread...
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> Now take Capote. It's not about judging a person or an event. It's not about
> taking sides, or swaying a particular point-of-view one way or another.
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> It's an unbiased presentation of the story. It contains complex (though not
> complicated) thoughts and emotions and points-of-view. It has people that do
> very bad things in different ways.
> It also shows these individuals as _real_ 3-dimensional people. They're not
> all bad. They are far from all-good.
I don't get your point. How is this any different from "Brokeback
Mountain"? Lee doesn't ram an opinion down our throat. He presents a
detached viewpoint of what happens. Our two "romantic heroes" are far
from all-good and the movie shows the damage they inflict on others, as
well as themselves, with the choices they make.
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