How about Forrest Gump? Would you consider it as a capitalist film? I do.
cheers,
Maria
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From: "Sarah Barmak" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Pro-Capitalist films
> I agree with Henry that most mainstream Western films incorporate some
> element of self-critique that, rather than actually weakening the
> pro-capitalist stance, serves to strengthen it by appearing to anticipate
> its detractors.
> The only straightforwardly pro-capitalist film that came to mind was _The
> Fountainhead_, which actually seems to suffer because of the honestness of
> its ideology.
>
> Sarah Barmak
> Undergraduate, Philosophy and English
> University of Toronto
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