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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:28 PM Original message |
Best movies/books that warn against fascism! |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dr. Strangelove |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. a brave new world |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fahrenheit 451 |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Network |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I really hate Network. I'm not looking for realism when I go to the movies |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here. |
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SouthPasadenaDem (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I'll second liberal_veteran |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Demon-haunted world by Carl Sagan |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. All the Kings Men (1949) |
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lizzieforkerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is there a certain point, |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I think this is a topic that deserves it's own thread |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. JFK |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. A Face In The Crowd |
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dot75 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. 1984 by George Orwell |
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stinkeefresh (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Wave! |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Saw it when I was in jr. high |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. never heard of it - give us a synopsis please? |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. It's based on a book |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Z |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Fantastic movie |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. Lina Wertmuller's "Seven Beauties" ("Pasqualino Settebellezze"). . . |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. jack london's "the iron heel" |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fascism and Big Business |
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fknobbit (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Trial by Kafka! nt |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. another vote for "It Can't Happen Here" |
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KarmaHappens (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. Equilibrium |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. I would add... |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm not really sure Starship Troopers warns against fascism |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 12:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. RAH was a lot of things, but "fascist" isn't one of them. |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That debate is currently still going on |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. If that's what people think, then they're reading something |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Regardless of Heinlein's own feelings about fascism |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No. No. No. |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You are taking this way too seriously |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Take the hootie footie tone and ...... |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 07:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Gott mit uns |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Lovely Accusation. Thank You So Much. |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. This is like having a discussion with a crazy person |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Jeez, folks! |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. but |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. It still amazes me that smart people |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Ok, I'll bite |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. ST: The movie is deceptive story telling. |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thank you so much |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Ok, I start to see the pattern in Verhoeven's method now |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I believe not relating to Rico and his pretty friends is the point. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. Spider Man 1 and 2. |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. Bob Roberts |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. oooh good one |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. Stephen King's "The Stand" |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. Meet John Doe. A little corny, but very effective. |
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Ivan Sputnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
50. The Manchurian Candidate (film) |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Just watched that last week again |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. Cabaret |
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whalerider55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
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