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03-30-2007, 06:52 PM
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| Partisan   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Haven, CT Gender:  Posts: 7,989 Country: 
  |  Patriotic Films What are your favorite patriotic films? Not cynical American movies (like "Nashville" or "Taxi Driver"), but real America-as-a-Religion patriotic flicks? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance. Bigotry is a social disease. Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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03-30-2007, 07:06 PM
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03-30-2007, 07:23 PM
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03-30-2007, 07:35 PM
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| Senator   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Gender: Posts: 3,687 Country:
 | It's not necessarily a propaganda film, but I would most definitely say Band of Brothers; though it is a mini series. However, I would say that the most 'patriotic' film I've seen recently was Flags of Our Fathers; I thought it was alright, but I'm sure Letters from Iwo Jima is better, though it's not American propaganda. Generally though, the more 'patriotic' a film is, and the more closer it is to straight 'propaganda', usually it will end up being worse proportionally. I think really the only propaganda film that pulled off being of cinematographic worth was The Battleship Potemkin, though that was Russian. "If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" -- Friedrich Nietzsche Economic Left/Right: -9.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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03-30-2007, 07:42 PM
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| the 300 Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before Music is essentially useless, as is life: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions -George Santayana If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all -Noam Chomsky The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has, from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness -Christopher Hitchens From Rosemont, Illinois The Cavaliers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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03-30-2007, 07:49 PM
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| For me, a good example is They were Expendable. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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03-30-2007, 09:53 PM
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(I'd go as far as saying that my most favorite "patriotic" story, as a whole, would be The Lord of the Rings.) And, as far as an America-based story goes, my favorite "patriotic" film would have to be Glory. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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