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In Reply to: "What is it about a mythical look at an historic event that took place 2500 years ago that brings out the political nutt posted by dave c on April 7, 2007 at 14:32:29:
>I'm not sure what is mythical about it.The entire look for starters. The entire presentation as well.
>I do not believe anyone who works in movies is unaware of the imagery used by fascist and totalitarian states and which is largely the same as this.Well now you do. I am totally unaware of such imagry.
>Check out the Nazis' and Italian fascists' love of "classical" looking buildings and their hatred of modernism.So this is guilt by association? I love that look too. So does that make me a facist? The look of the Spartans was based directly on Frank Miller's graphic Novel. His inspiration was largely from classical art and the art from ancient greece depicting these events.
>The Aryan superman...Hey don't blame the Greek artists and poets for what Hitler did.
>This film isn't mythical it's fictional.You are wrong on both counts. For a mythical presentation it is remarkably factual.
> It's a comic book come to life. Imaginatively so.
Well this smells of the old "it's a comic book so it's dumb" mentality. Yes it is a comic book. Yes it is visually stylized (mythic) but it was very well researched.
> But as such it carries the ludicrous machismo of this US culture with it.No, It carries the machismo of ancient Sparta. The connections to contemperary cultures and events are what others like yourself are reading into it. That stuff was never on our minds when we were making this.
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Follow Ups
- Re: "What is it about a mythical look at an historic event that took place 2500 years ago that brings out the political - Analog Scott 15:48:59 04/07/07 (5)
- Scott, I might have taken a small thought for a long walk! - dave c 18:46:48 04/07/07 (4)
- Re: Scott, I might have taken a small thought for a long walk! - Analog Scott 22:53:54 04/07/07 (3)
- but do remember... - dave c 13:36:15 04/08/07 (2)
- Re: but do remember... - Analog Scott 13:48:55 04/08/07 (1)
- Me too! - dave c 14:35:50 04/08/07 (0)
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