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To: cincinnati65
The Shawshank Redemption. The prison inmates are universally noble and good, the prison administration is universally corrupt and evil. Plus numerous gratuitous shots at Christianity.

I thought of this when someone mentioned The Color Purple. I loved both of these movies as movies--while at the same time realizing what anti-American propaganda they were. The point is that cinema is a liar's art, and--here I am also reminded of Triumph of the Will and Battleship Potemkin--great films can be made in the service of evil.

298 posted on 03/24/2002 1:25:57 PM PST by denydenydeny
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To: denydenydeny
The Shawshank Redemption. The prison inmates are universally noble and good, the prison administration is universally corrupt and evil. Plus numerous gratuitous shots at Christianity.

I know you're right, but when that show is on TNT I can't turn it off. I love that frickin movie. I've seen it over 20 times easy.

332 posted on 03/25/2002 7:04:47 AM PST by bigjoesaddle
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