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Only Blacklisted Film Ever in USA?

posted 18 years ago by bruce-129
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This movie so far as I can tell from reading about it was very realistic.
In the 50's it dealth with Mexican American civil rights and the rights
of workers. It just seems so UN-capitalistic and UN-democratic to me
that some "gang" of investors that can gather enough money can go buy
a mine and get people to work there who are desperate and starving and
do nothing for them.

This seems a very dark side of Capitalism, and the idea of a union is
so democratic, that we see a very weird interplay of meanings in this
movie. The so called Capitalists are really fascists, and the so-called
Communists are really democrats.

And this is the idea that whatever body was afraid of as to ban this movie?

No big names, no stars, no ficticous feel-good plot, a real utilization of
what the media should be about ... telling human beings what their situation
is in life and who are their peers, their friends and their enemies, and
helping them do something about it.

[–] tiredeyes 17 years ago

Open your eyes, my friend. The dark side of Capitalism is all around you right now. Such films as 'The Matrix' can cause the sleeper to awaken. 'Salt of the Earth' was so far ahead of it's time we now are amazed by it's relevance. Search out the films that really speak to you about how prevalent Fascism still is, and you will awaken as well.

[–] bruce-129 17 years ago

Do you really intend to be condescending to the point of obnoxiousness?
What makes you think you have your eyes opened to anything more than
your own life and opinion that I do?

I feel pretty confident that I know much more than the average person
about both the dark and light sides of Capitalism, as well as others
systems as well.

So if the aim of your post if to pat yourself on the back for being
a condescending know it all on fascism, instead of trying to kindly
give opinions or information, maybe you might realize where the root
of all these problems start ... when one person, black or white, rich
or poor, fascist or capalist deigns to think of himself as better than
another.

[–] tiredeyes 17 years ago

Hmmmm.....talk about overreaction! Your first statement tells it all:
'This movie so far as I can tell from reading about it was very realistic.'
One might try watching a film first before writing gramatically incorrect mini-reviews concerning the history or philosophy of supposed content. 'Salt Of The Earth' is available for viewing in some film schools and can also be obtained from on-line sources. The posting I wrote AGREED with you and only suggested there could be other films that might interest someone who is curious about the continued prevalence of fascism--in film as well as politics. I was not suggesting you personally would not be able to understand these concepts or their usage.

[–] bruce-129 17 years ago

You pompous bag of wind .... you can find good and bad in all things,
and one of the things that helps make capitalism better is the standing
of for themselves of the common people, which is portrayed in this
movie. If I was going to write a "review", grammatically correct or
otherwise I would put it in the review section, not the message board
section ... maybe that is where you ought to look. Try thinking about
how your agreement with people might be better put and in person may
help you avoid a broken nose at some important time in the your future.

[–] tiredeyes 17 years ago

Your posting comes off as violent and dangerous. Perhaps some anger management therapy is your best course. During a stint in the military I came across individuals such as yourself who could not take yes for an answer. Our usual procedure was to give them a bit of space to work out their own issues.
By focusing on externals and allowing them to feed your distortions about me and my intentions, you seem to be missing the point. This was never about how you felt about an anonymous person, but about a film. Work yourself up into a tizzy all you wish in private, but if you take it into the streets, someone might get hurt. I implore you to get some help--and this is my last posting on the issue.

[–] Blunic3 13 years ago

Tiredeyes you are an idiot. Why do you argue when you know you are in the wrong? You're such a failing of a human being.

[–] activista 10 years ago

@bruce129

Just see the film if you get a chance,and get over yourself---no one insulted you. And to the other poster--there isn't jack wrong with what tired-eyes said, so just step off.

[–] mike-848 9 years ago

Yet...they still come by the millions legally and illegally to the 'fascist' USA.