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

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Mon Jun 20 20:40:13 PDT 2005


Frank Scott wrote:


> "I miss the anti-capitalist moment of 1999, which brought us Fight Club, The Matrix, and American Beauty."
>
> wow...didn't see the first two, but thought american beauty was, maybe, anti-adult, but hardly anti-capitalist...
>
> found it vastly over rated, style waaay over content, obvious paper thin , see-through characters, and generally a typical hollywood jerk-off hit...
>
> remember thinking, this piece of shit will probably win an oscar, and it did...
>
> anti-capitalist?

Of course! It was very critical of suburbia and the American Dream.

Chuck



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