Saturday, July 29, 2017
DK DUNKIRK CURRENT POST
"...Born in 1970, Christopher Nolan may understand that he owes his whole life and career to Churchill, and Roosevelt who rallied their peoples and to the admirals and generals who commanded the forces that defeated Hitler--but he chose not to put any such understanding into his film. More importantly, he does not seem to understand that the allies won the war precisely because the soldiers and sailors and airmen in his film were not thinking only about whether they personally might survive. They knew that they might not, but they believed that they were fighting for things that justified their sacrifice—and they were right. The question now before us is whether we can preserve the civilization that we inherited without finding leaders who can rally us behind a common cause, and without reviving some spirit of sacrifice for the common good. That is something that films could help us do...." DK
Just started reading yet another book.....
This one seems like it might be useful, but only as background, for DK's speculation at the end of his current post, whether Hollywood might help us preserve Western Civilization, a rather tall order for the current shape of Hollywood...
Hollywood Left And Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics
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