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The Victors 1963
The Victors is Carl Foreman's and novelist Alexander Baron's probing essay on warfare that fearlessly confronts the hypocricies and indignities that are woven inextricably into the fabric of any military conflict. Set in World War II, the film, based on Baron's wartime experiences, is constructed as a series of discreet morality plays performed by an ensemble cast comprising a squad of American soldiers that travels on an odyssey through devastated France and Italy. Meeting the squad on its journey are…
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A Short Film About Love 1988
This is a short film about what love is not: women as observed sex object; women catering to solipsistic male sex fantasies; tolerance for stalking and sexual harassment; the assumption that women yearn for any attention no matter how harmful. The film is worth watching for Kieslowski's skillful use of composition, lighting and color but it is a study of dated values that have been challenged by feminist ideology and gender politics.
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Electra, My Love 1974
In 1974, an unrelenting brownness was spreading across the world. Natural was the password and organic was becoming more than a branch of chemistry. The Marxist ideologies of 1968 were still in the air. Hippiedom was on its deathbed but still breathing as it became co-opted and institutionalized. A disillusioned baby boom generation was settling for tweed, corduroy and shag haircuts. Still looking for answers, our eyes settled on the perceived values of pre-industrial cultures to salve the atrocities of…
