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Posted by Alpha on 10/06/53 11:44
<bargeloader@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> In the world of Steven Spielberg, anything is possible.
>
> He takes us on a space mountain ride into the imagination where dreams
> come true and all is well at the end of the rainbow. The pot of gold
> becomes attainable, wholesome American values are upheld and a
> child-like view of a mixed-up world is lovingly cradled in the
> assurance that the archetypal happy ending is never far away. Escapism
> and catharsis in the best traditions of story-telling reach children
> and adults alike as a universal messenger of hope and triumph of the
> human spirit...
>
> Can you hear the John Williams orchestra soaring into ecstatic romantic
> crescendos? Or do you hear the harsh scratch of vinyl and the odour of
> propaganda?
>
> Steven Spielberg's films remain some of the most successful examples of
> American cinema ever to come out of the factory line of Hollywood.
> There is no doubting the man's talent and business acumen. Indeed ever
> since his ground-breaking film Jaws (1975) cinema has been re-written
> into summer "blockbusters" which opened the doors for a particular kind
> of film-making: big on thrills, big on effects and short on soul.
>
> Why is this talented director where he is today? Perhaps because he is
> one of those who best personifies the American psyche. Quite apart from
> cultivating and exporting a juvenile and childish perception of
> reality, rather than a refreshing child-like view, this brand of cinema
> often distorts and twists archetypes of depth and profundity, where his
> particular world-view has become a useful tool for the
> Military-Industrial complex. If it were merely a case of a high
> saccharin content and the indelible stamp of American family values
> running through most of his work we could rest easy. However, it
> appears that Mr. Spielberg has been fed a line based entirely on their
> propensity for fantasy, in much the same way as Tony Blair or Tom
> Cruise in fact. This is after all how they have made their living. As
> an example of middle-American-Jewish success story worth an estimated
> at $2.7 billion, he remains an outstanding example how progress within
> the pathological system of capitalism can be co-opted and used as
> propaganda against the people without many of us ever being aware.
>
> Read more at:
> http://signs-of-the-times.org/signs/war_of_the_worlds_review.php
>
I will forward this to friends as an example of how not to write.
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