The Bravery of Hollywood
Of late I've been feeling, more often than not, out of touch with the movies1 I see on the big screen. It's not the typical "values" stuff alienating me (though I think that's considerably out of touch as well), it's little things like people not having jobs but having money, simplistic big budget narratives, and memoir-ish stuff that cannot relate to my experience (as a human being).
Eric S. Raymond, of How to become a Hacker2 (amongst other things) fame posted a few ideas of films that would be truly brave. Libertarian streak notwithstanding, I think many of his recommendations are controversial and yet thought provoking.
1My last disappointment was V is for Vendetta. Intellectually weak (read 1984 for the real statement on totalitarianism) and thinly veiled (the story about the gay girl imprisoned had me in tears, it made me think of gay marriage3 and Republicans right away).
2I visit this How To every so often. I'm scoring more points as time passes -
3Email me if you really want my opinion, which isn't fully formed, but developed beyond the point of contrived story telling.
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