Another Positive

Haven't gotten out any dvd's to watch for over 2 years.
We watched "Capote".

We watched "Brokeback Mountain".

And last night watched "Good Night and Good Luck" AGAIN, on telly.

As the closing credits were rolling with that fabulous music, HWMBO turns to me and says;

"American's can CAN do it. They CAN make movies that are restrained, tightly written, beautifully shot, subtle, meaningful and painfully true".

With Capote the restraint was painful...wonderfully painfully...carefully constructed restraint.
It was subtle, softly spoken, gently awful, meaningful and worthwhile.
With Brokeback the restraint was Heath's greatest talent. The story was about love...restrained, strained... softly spoken, passionate, subtle, full on love, meaningful and worthwhile.
With GNAGL it was busy, restrained, evokative, pertinent, meaningful and worthwhile.

Considering all the 'times' that these events were placed the overt need for the present to learn from the past was screaming out from the screen.

NOTHING has changed...

*The death penalty in USA
*The homophobia of ignorant shits
*The danger of a little power producing hatred and destruction of civil liberties.
For Ang Lee to be brave enough and artistic enough to finally put Annie Proulx short story on film was groundshaking, but NOT for the obvious reasons. The site of Calgary's (Canada's) landscape was breathtaking.

For George Clooney to produce that piece of cinema THEN was groundshaking. (Bush learnt nothing.)

So in history if you don't study it, if you don't revisit it, if you don't teach it, if you are not aware of the gross mistakes of the past, you are bound to repeat repeat repeat repeat repeat repeat......

Well done Yankeeland...YES YOU CAN DO IT...
make wonderful important movies.