Reagan Ross wrote: > I was wondering if list members have any suggestions of films that directly > or indirectly critique capitalism. I know this is a broad categorization, > ranging from Chaplin to Godard, Bunuel to _American Beauty_, but I am not > looking for some exhaustive, comprehensive list, instead I am looking for > films that list members think are particularly striking or useful examples > of this. Check out the Robocop movies for examples of dialogue explicitly targeting capitalism. Other cop movies, such as Blade Runner and Die Hard flicks criticize "big business," "commerce," etc. I focused on this in a chapter of Heroes in Hard Times. The Robocop movies would be the place to start. best, Neal -- Neal King Belmont University Sociology Nashville TN 37212 615 460 6231 http://www.belmont.edu/Pages/FS/King.Neal/nkt.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html