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Blogger Ray Sawhill said...

That's a great description of the Baz Luhrman thing!

1/22/09, 10:53 PM

Anonymous headache said...

Steve,
Your reviews are great and excellently compliment your political and sociological writings. It separates you from most bone-headed and boring neocon, liberal or white-realist pundits. It means you cannot be easily stuffed into a racist drawer, something I suspect the mind-police is desperate to do.

I wonder why there are no realistic movies about the old Rhodesia or Apartheid years, or even about the current wave of white farm attacks. The only stuff coming from Hollywood is some cheesy stories about Mandela and the "struggle". But those countries offered/offer such a lot of adventure, political/racial strife, fear and violence which is becoming more relevant for modern America with its dwindling white population. That di Caprio character in Blood Diamonds went looking up some old white 32 Battalion guys in a pub in South Africa to get a feel for African war, so obviously the Hollywood bobs know what's really going on down there. A non-PC movie about life there could make for some blood boiling and deeply shock whites in the US, which would be a sure winner at the till.

1/23/09, 5:26 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is the first time I have ever completely disagreed with Steve, but that damned kid was the most annoying character in modern movie history. He was Australia's Jar Jar Binks.

1/23/09, 6:38 AM

Anonymous simon said...

"it’s better to start a national epic with a good story (Scarlett and Rhett, say)2

It occurred to me that what this movie really needed was for the Japs to have actually invaded, and preferably burned Darwin.

1/23/09, 7:47 AM

Anonymous dearieme said...

My favourite Australian quote: "I'm from the University of Queensland" (puts up slide) "To give you an idea of size: if Queensland were a postcard, Texas would be the stamp."

1/23/09, 8:24 AM

Anonymous J.S. said...

A national epic? More like a national disgrace.

Luhrmann's film may be visually rich, but it is intellectually impoverished. Luhrmann essentially recycles the old "noble savage" myth, depicting the Aborigines as paragons of virtue, spirituality and kindness, while white Australians are predictably portrayed as evil, ignorant racists. This gross misrepresentation serves as the basis from which Luhrmann makes his implicit "return-the-land-to-them" appeal to resolve the seemingly never-ending litany of Aboriginal grievances against the European Australian majority.

In the end, Luhrmann's politics and his distorted view of Australian history ruin what could have potentially been a good film.

1/23/09, 6:48 PM

Anonymous David said...

I agree with J.S.

I can't watch anti-white propaganda. It turns my stomach.

1/25/09, 11:33 AM

Blogger Malcolm said...

Thanks for bringing Mandy Walker to my notice, Steve.
While reading what I could find about her, I came across an interview with her that contained this gob-smacker of a line...
"Don't make it an issue that you are a girl. Work your arse off and believe in yourself; be persistent without being a wanker!"
Good advice all 'round, I'm thinking.

1/25/09, 5:12 PM

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