tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post9140959052798720961..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: Jodorowsky on Spielberg: "If I can kill Spielberg, I will kill Spielberg."Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-30525602795996018652008-08-19T09:35:00.000-05:002008-08-19T09:35:00.000-05:00I think any good work of art can be many things at...I think any good work of art can be many things at once - and STARSHIP is both a send-up of fascism AND a fascist Call to Arms. A lot of people hated that movie because they thought it was serious, then a lot of people loved it because they thought it was satire,... but some of us have gone beyond both counts, and love it because it's so deadpan it transcends satire to become serious again, and then keeps going up up and away.Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-70191139878285086922008-08-19T02:48:00.000-05:002008-08-19T02:48:00.000-05:00i too share the urge to see spielberg dead from ti...i too share the urge to see spielberg dead from time to time.. tho admittedly that is a reaction to his more recent fare. <BR/><BR/>i would just like to point out that Starship Troopers is hardly a call to arms. Isn't it common knowledge that it is the exact opposite: A send-up of fascism ?foodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199512797165584814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-76746789227622935492008-08-05T11:55:00.000-05:002008-08-05T11:55:00.000-05:00Thank you sir. I shall.Thank you sir. I shall.Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-40559003092056576482008-08-04T22:38:00.000-05:002008-08-04T22:38:00.000-05:00I never really got the rabid Spielberg-hating (or ...I never really got the rabid Spielberg-hating (or Disney-hating) for that matter. Objections, sure, but these two had such strong visions (an immense distinction from the sort of corporate blandness they're supposed to have propagated). Those who bash them - even visionaries like Godard or Jodorowsky - seem to be missing the point. And well they get something of a free pass as crazy old cranks, I can't help but look upon other Spielberg-bashers with irritated condescension (not that I'm putting you in this category - I just read and enjoyed your essay on Spielberg in the sidebar).<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, you've been tagged by me for the 12 movies thing (see here: http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2008/08/dirty-dozen.html). I kind of assumed the tag worked on its own, but I'm not so sure. Anyway, whether or not you participate check out the list - the Secret Societies night is right up your alley.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.com