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"Charles Derry, Professor of Film, Department of Theatre Arts, Wright State University" <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:56:01 -0500
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Most of the films that have been listed as films deling with terrorism
are, pretty much, films that use terrorists as plot devices, rather than
films which try to deal with the issue of terrorism and how it is
defined.  That is, terrorists/ Mafia hit men /  Communists--they are
interchangeable villains depending upon the times.  I would suggest you
look at some of the fiction films which truly attempt to deal with the
issues of terrorism from more sophisticated perspectives or at least are
truly interested in terrorism as subject.
 
Perhaps no film is more controversial in this regard than Costa-Gavra's
film STATE OF SIEGE. "Terrorists" or "freedom fighters"?  Ultimately,
those who write the history make the evaluation.
Another film to consider is Fassbinder's film THE THIRD GENERATION.
Another approach would be to consider Preminger's EXODUS side-by-side
with the documentary made by Vanessa Redgrave in the late seventies,
early eighties--I think called THE PALESTINIAN.
 
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