Three Iron - Korean Cinematic Marvel

Rent the DVD, buy it if you must

Better... Steal it, view it, carefully repackage then return

Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck, Brazil

Original post was written in Sweden in February

George Clooney's Syriana and Good Night and Good Luck are well made substantive movies - whether you are liberal or conservative - you have to admit the Clooney is spending his media capital to send a very specific message about the excesses of government and government officials.

Now my conservative friends will see these movies as more liberal Hollywood propoganda - which is interesting - didn't it used to be that it was the conservatives that wanted to conserve power by limiting government and to control the threat of tyranny inherent in a centralized, pervasive government that controlled the press? Folks, George Orwell's 1984 was a warning about the future - it was not intended to be a road map for the Republican based government policy.

Speaking of good movies relevant to our times, take another look at Brazil, the movie by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python - watch the director's cut. What an interesting look at the combination of technology and terrorist inspired tyrannical reaction. What an incredibly different movie to watch. Be prepared to watch it a couple of times. Brazil - a tour de force by Jonathon Price and a real hoot of a near cameo appearance by Robert Deniro.