I'd like to point out something about Philip Wood's
post which I find very interesting.
He wrote:
I
> have no doubt that the reinforcement of the dominant
> ideologies in the film made it eligible to win the
> Oscar in appearing to be a 'bold, risky and
> original' film .
>
> That aside, I did quite like it, but there you
> are...
>
I love this part because I find myself in this
situation so often. Being in total dissagreement with
the political foundations of a film and yet at the
same time thoroughly liking it. This happened most
recently with Gladiator-- a facist promotion of
manifest destiny which was utterly enjoyable. I
remember a colleague once telliong me that like had no
place in the critical vocabulary. It is not our job to
like or dislike things. But I'm always chosing to do
things on the basis of whether I like them or not.
Should I morally restrain my liking of gladiator or
should I somehow try a hugely complex deconstruction
to prove it was actually a socialist movie and
therefore, likeable.
As Phil Wood said:
but there you are...
best wishes
john
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