Spotlight: All Movies Are Political Movies

Kylie 2022-07-21 20:55:12

"If the film has any resemblance to the facts, the living or the dead, it is not a coincidence, it is intentional."


"The names of some characters in the film have been changed to protect the prototypes in their lives and to protect the film."


When asked by the media why he has a soft spot for political films, Gavras famously replied:"All films are political films.", or TV—to millions of viewers. I don't mean 'politics' in terms of rights, but about people." As Costa Gavras In other words, the brutality of political struggle and the ruthlessness of political persecution shown in his works are not attributable to the tragedies of the great era—these are helpless cruxes, but fall on specific individuals—after all, it is people themselves who do evil.


I thought of Bosu's sentence: "If words can't record the real history, then let performance record the real human nature in history." I don't know anything about the history in the movie, but human nature seems familiar. This is destined to be buried in entertainment. A lonely voice in the ocean of supremacy. "


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  • Title Card: Any similarity to real persons and events is not coincidental. It is INTENTIONAL

  • The General: As the deputy minister of agriculture explained, three sprayings are required to prevent mildew. As with mildew, this ideological disease must be fought preventively. It is caused by harmful germs and various parasites. So the spraying of humans, with appropriate mixtures, is indispensable. Schools, in this case, constitute the first stage. That is where, if you'll excuse the metaphor, young shoots have not yet reached four or five inches. The second spraying is just before or after the blossoming. I refer to universities and young workers. Military service is the best time to protect the sacred tree of national liberty against infection from ideological mildew.