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		<title>By: Analalf</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-206580</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Beelvetut</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jacque Denise Yap</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-146471</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacque Denise Yap</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>maybe sometimes but noy all the times because it get bored when the movie is all about politics..but on the second thought they should have political issues then, to be aware of what happen to our country right now...well as i watch the news about oil crisis, i wouldn&#039;t know the first thing about all this hoopla as i am just a biker chick, and usually get everything for free  but i found this poll thing of sorts at pollcash and it is interesting how they forming an unofficial debate/poll of sorts about this whole oil drilling thing. anywho, this is what it says in the headline: 
 [i]&quot;Barack Obama and John McCain have made recent statements on US offshore oil drilling while on the US presidential campaign trail. Listen to...&quot;[/i] read the whole story http://pollclash.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>maybe sometimes but noy all the times because it get bored when the movie is all about politics..but on the second thought they should have political issues then, to be aware of what happen to our country right now&#8230;well as i watch the news about oil crisis, i wouldn&#8217;t know the first thing about all this hoopla as i am just a biker chick, and usually get everything for free  but i found this poll thing of sorts at pollcash and it is interesting how they forming an unofficial debate/poll of sorts about this whole oil drilling thing. anywho, this is what it says in the headline:<br />
 [i]&#8220;Barack Obama and John McCain have made recent statements on US offshore oil drilling while on the US presidential campaign trail. Listen to&#8230;&#8221;[/i] read the whole story <a href="http://pollclash.com/" rel="nofollow">http://pollclash.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Joe T</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-138482</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 14:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know I&#039;m coming in way late; this is my first time here, but I had to chime in. All the comments above are in sync with what John wrote about to begin with and they all answer his question beautifully I think. Let the filmmakers make the films, heck, we live in America. The truth, or the lie of the film will come out in the end, and though the so-called artist might get away with what amounts to slander, at times, he or she also nails it on the head at other times, and in either case, the &quot;artist&quot;  gets their just desserts. Case in point: M Moore. Love him or hate him, he has the right to express himself through film, and he will always have financial backers because of his film fodder, but that does not always convert to success. Fahrenheit 9/11, is a classic example, Lions for Lambs is another, but Redford has been around so long he can get away with a lot. I have not seen too much of M Moore since 9/11&#039;s huge success at the box office. I&#039;m not a Moore follower, but I would think I would have heard something about what he was up to. Well, that is my take on it any way. Make the film, and more power to ya...just tell the truth. Not &quot;your&quot; truth...THE TRUTH. make the movie around the facts, and your genius will really shine through, no matter what side of the isle you may stand on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I&#8217;m coming in way late; this is my first time here, but I had to chime in. All the comments above are in sync with what John wrote about to begin with and they all answer his question beautifully I think. Let the filmmakers make the films, heck, we live in America. The truth, or the lie of the film will come out in the end, and though the so-called artist might get away with what amounts to slander, at times, he or she also nails it on the head at other times, and in either case, the &#8220;artist&#8221;  gets their just desserts. Case in point: M Moore. Love him or hate him, he has the right to express himself through film, and he will always have financial backers because of his film fodder, but that does not always convert to success. Fahrenheit 9/11, is a classic example, Lions for Lambs is another, but Redford has been around so long he can get away with a lot. I have not seen too much of M Moore since 9/11&#8217;s huge success at the box office. I&#8217;m not a Moore follower, but I would think I would have heard something about what he was up to. Well, that is my take on it any way. Make the film, and more power to ya&#8230;just tell the truth. Not &#8220;your&#8221; truth&#8230;THE TRUTH. make the movie around the facts, and your genius will really shine through, no matter what side of the isle you may stand on.</p>
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		<title>By: flapjaxx</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-136734</link>
		<dc:creator>flapjaxx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The difference between disagreeing with the premise of a movie like SuperBad and disagreeing with the premise of a documentary is simple: the one is mostly only trying to entertain, while the other (the documentary) seeks mostly to inform and convert the viewer (to a degree) toward the subjective beliefs of the filmmaker.

Documentaries and politically charged movies seek to describe &quot;HOW THE WORLD IS&quot; in a way that most other harmlessly entertaining films do not. Sure, universal truths about life can be expressed in dramas and comedies, but political films seek to describe reality--OUR reality, the real world in which we live in. In short, they seek to get into the viewer&#039;s mind and alter his or her reality. That can be a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on the viewer&#039;s initial reaction to where the political film is coming from.

But I don&#039;t have any problem with the RIGHT of any filmmaker to make any political movie of any time. But nor do I think that films of any type are &quot;off-limits&quot; from criticism. If someone feels the very premise of, oh I dunno, many recent political films as sophomoric, simplistic, and insulting to the viewer&#039;s intelligence, then he or she has every right not to want to laud these filmmakers&#039; raw skills. Many political filmmakers have great skills, but there are many people who have very good reasons for denouncing them from the get-go once they sense what they perceive to be charlatanism. Yes they are artists, and all&#039;s fair in art, but they are also engaging with reality and seeking to alter their viewers&#039; perceptions of it. That&#039;s serious territory and thus they should be judged based on facts as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The difference between disagreeing with the premise of a movie like SuperBad and disagreeing with the premise of a documentary is simple: the one is mostly only trying to entertain, while the other (the documentary) seeks mostly to inform and convert the viewer (to a degree) toward the subjective beliefs of the filmmaker.</p>
<p>Documentaries and politically charged movies seek to describe &#8220;HOW THE WORLD IS&#8221; in a way that most other harmlessly entertaining films do not. Sure, universal truths about life can be expressed in dramas and comedies, but political films seek to describe reality&#8211;OUR reality, the real world in which we live in. In short, they seek to get into the viewer&#8217;s mind and alter his or her reality. That can be a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on the viewer&#8217;s initial reaction to where the political film is coming from.</p>
<p>But I don&#8217;t have any problem with the RIGHT of any filmmaker to make any political movie of any time. But nor do I think that films of any type are &#8220;off-limits&#8221; from criticism. If someone feels the very premise of, oh I dunno, many recent political films as sophomoric, simplistic, and insulting to the viewer&#8217;s intelligence, then he or she has every right not to want to laud these filmmakers&#8217; raw skills. Many political filmmakers have great skills, but there are many people who have very good reasons for denouncing them from the get-go once they sense what they perceive to be charlatanism. Yes they are artists, and all&#8217;s fair in art, but they are also engaging with reality and seeking to alter their viewers&#8217; perceptions of it. That&#8217;s serious territory and thus they should be judged based on facts as well.</p>
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		<title>By: sfsilver</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-136677</link>
		<dc:creator>sfsilver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good piece John.  I think the critical questions are execution (as with any film) and for overtly political films timing.  The failure of the most recent spate of films dealing with the Iraq war/occupation is largely about these two elements.  The timing of these films in particular is against their commercial success and success as polemic vehicles.  It&#039;s that old &quot;is it too soon?&quot; question.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good piece John.  I think the critical questions are execution (as with any film) and for overtly political films timing.  The failure of the most recent spate of films dealing with the Iraq war/occupation is largely about these two elements.  The timing of these films in particular is against their commercial success and success as polemic vehicles.  It&#8217;s that old &#8220;is it too soon?&#8221; question.</p>
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		<title>By: HandnHalfSword</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-136674</link>
		<dc:creator>HandnHalfSword</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It seems to me that movies constantly &quot;touch&quot; political topics, much the way TV shows, music and journalism does. 

The really boring thing is that EVERY TIME a movie or TV show steps into the political sphere, it does so in a way that always shows that:

Democrats are good, Republicans are bad

Liberals are good, conservatives are bad

Anti-death penalty...good, pro-death penalty...bad

revolutionaries are good, capitalists are bad. 

And usually any white male, military officer, corporate executive is bad. 

Any lawyer who sues a corporation is good. 

The fact is that Hollywood has nothing new to offer the political sphere until its writers, directors, producers and such become more open minded at are willing to surprise us now and then with a political idea that isn&#039;t knee jerk liberal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems to me that movies constantly &#8220;touch&#8221; political topics, much the way TV shows, music and journalism does. </p>
<p>The really boring thing is that EVERY TIME a movie or TV show steps into the political sphere, it does so in a way that always shows that:</p>
<p>Democrats are good, Republicans are bad</p>
<p>Liberals are good, conservatives are bad</p>
<p>Anti-death penalty&#8230;good, pro-death penalty&#8230;bad</p>
<p>revolutionaries are good, capitalists are bad. </p>
<p>And usually any white male, military officer, corporate executive is bad. </p>
<p>Any lawyer who sues a corporation is good. </p>
<p>The fact is that Hollywood has nothing new to offer the political sphere until its writers, directors, producers and such become more open minded at are willing to surprise us now and then with a political idea that isn&#8217;t knee jerk liberal.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-136594</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey JimF

The problem is, documentaries are movies... not the 6 o&#039;clock news.  They are meant to tell a story, not to simply report events.

All stories are told from a certain point of view, and as such, all documentaries (at least good ones) have some degree of bias, and so they should be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey JimF</p>
<p>The problem is, documentaries are movies&#8230; not the 6 o&#8217;clock news.  They are meant to tell a story, not to simply report events.</p>
<p>All stories are told from a certain point of view, and as such, all documentaries (at least good ones) have some degree of bias, and so they should be.</p>
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		<title>By: jimf</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-136590</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think political movies should be made if people will pay to see them.

I do not think they should be referred to as documentaries when they are really just opinion pieces. The Academy cheapens all documentaries when they put films such as M Moore&#039;s in the documentary category when they are really anything but an attempt at unbiased reporting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think political movies should be made if people will pay to see them.</p>
<p>I do not think they should be referred to as documentaries when they are really just opinion pieces. The Academy cheapens all documentaries when they put films such as M Moore&#8217;s in the documentary category when they are really anything but an attempt at unbiased reporting.</p>
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		<title>By: grendel25</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/should-movies-touch-political-topics#comment-136566</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There have and always will continue to be political films which is fine.  I just have a problem with the timeliness of them.  No one wants to see movies about the Middle East right now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There have and always will continue to be political films which is fine.  I just have a problem with the timeliness of them.  No one wants to see movies about the Middle East right now.</p>
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