> > > >But I think that the movie did wrong to so many people in death row and > > >in prisons by overlooking the race and class issue. And this is why I > > >didn't like the movie. In my mind the movie (and also the film industry) > > >is diminishing and underestimating the whole issue by portraying just the > > >white side of the "problem". The movie doesn't even ask why there are so > > >many people in prisons and death row? Why so many African Americans and > > >Latinos? Why so many uneducated, drop outs, working class people? Why? > > >Why to put money on prisons and police force? Why not to schools and > > >education? > > but isn't the fact that we're talking about it proof that the movie > didn't overlook these issues? as i posted earlier, i believe that > robbins is a reader response film maker. by this i mean that he presents > a story and has the faith to allow his audience to come to their own > conclusions. i'm sure robbins would be happy to know that we're > discussing issues such as race and class BECAUSE of the film he made. i > do believe that his point was to make all who viewed the film (no matter > their stance on the death penalty) reconsider their views. had he gone > the bleeding heart route, he'd have given us another innocent man on > death row film, and we would've been left crying "the system doesn't > work!" as he told the story however, we're left questioning not whether > the system works, but the value of the system itself. > > the revolution will not come about through art, but through people--who > may be inspired by art. there's a difference and i believe that > robbins is keenly aware of that difference. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Rand Bellavia > [log in to unmask] > > "Religions die when they are proved to be true. > Science is the record of dead religions." > > - Oscar Wilde > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > -- ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]