padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
@Idle Rich - I dunno I guess that's what I'm asking. do people "like" serious war movies the same way they like comedies, frothy thrillers, dramas? (war is not the only subject you might ask this about) where does enjoyment meet fascination meet voyeurism meet respect? I suppose people could just knock it off as a boys thing with explosions and so on but I don't think so. I guess war films - they focus on the explosions of course, that's where the $ is, most people don't want to go watch a movie about how grisly & horrible war is. or one that spends time teasing out all the complexities.
I dunno I reckon war as an artistic topic is a bit like the Holocaust, I can't remember that quote (not the Adorno one, at least I don't think) about how you need to extraordinarily careful about how you treat it cos no matter how careful you are you're still going to aestheticize it and turn it into entertainment. but it's a necessary thing too, cos art can help us explain the unexplainable &, hell, I dunno...
sorry if this is all like first year film student babble, I wouldn't know.
I dunno I reckon war as an artistic topic is a bit like the Holocaust, I can't remember that quote (not the Adorno one, at least I don't think) about how you need to extraordinarily careful about how you treat it cos no matter how careful you are you're still going to aestheticize it and turn it into entertainment. but it's a necessary thing too, cos art can help us explain the unexplainable &, hell, I dunno...
sorry if this is all like first year film student babble, I wouldn't know.