[lbo-talk] lost in translation...not translating?

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Tue Jun 8 12:33:14 PDT 2004


Without in the least objecting to Wojtek's consistent criticism of Americans and their culture, I'm just thinking, Americans are not into "deep meanings" that I can tell; and they are more into amorality or immorality plays than morality plays, aren't they ? Action flicks aren't morality plays , are they ?

Charles

From: "Carl Remick"


>Same here. Among the things I liked about the film was the almost
>total absence of a moral story and emotions (a signature of American
>literature and film) - just a slow progression of events devoid of any
>"deep meaning" - which created a nice sense of detachment and
>alienation. I guess that does not sail very well with most of the
>US-ers who love morality plays.
>
>Wojtek

In that case, you'll probably enjoy Andy Warhol's flick Empire (1964), a stationary shot of the Empire State Building that runs eight hours six minutes. It's as slow a progression of events devoid of any "deep meaning" as you can get.

Carl



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