[lbo-talk] Re:anti-capitalist films?

[Jim Devine]

On 6/20/05, Frank Scott wrote:
> "I miss the anti-capitalist moment of 1999, which brought us Fight Club, The Matrix, and American Beauty."

Fight Club was anti-capitalist? it seemed nothing but male resentment
turned into nihilism. (And nihilism can be commodified.)  A good flick
in many ways, but not anti-capitalist.

I couldn't stand The Matrix enough to see more than 20 minutes or so. 
JD