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Re: false dichotomies and what rhymes with Jebus?
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 Gilhamilton at aol_com wrote:
> dtemm at yahoo_com writes:
> > Requiem for a Dream (recently talked about) makes me not want to ever
> > stick a needle in my vein.
>
> Then I'd say it is good art if that's it's effect.
I dunno, I thought the film's drugs-are-bad message was one of its more
banal, thus not-so-artistic, aspects.
I thought _Trainspotting_, which showcased the pleasures *and* the
pitfalls of doing drugs, was more artistic, in that respect.
> Having been into drugs as a teenager and having one dear dead friend,
> one still lost in a haze, one girl whom I found out later did who knows
> what with who know who for quite some time just to stay high when she
> moved away for a while (I saw her when she got back and she happened to
> bend over in front of me and both breasts were completely black and
> blue) and another who became a stripper for many years I didn't need to
> watch a movie to know the effects on people's lives but if Requiem
> steers one person away then it's all right in my book.
Sure, the film has done us all a service if it keeps someone off drugs,
but that doesn't make it good art. Good propaganda, maybe.
> Of course, I probably won't watch it myself cuz I don't 'need' to.
Nor I, though not for the reasons you give. I simply can't imagine why
people would stick needles in themselves for fun to begin with.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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