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Posted by Bill A powerful clip from "Path to 9/11:" Via AP at Hot Air, who adds: We get only a few impressionistic glimpses of the cabin of Flight 93, an artistic choice I found effective. I remember Shelby Foote in Ken Burns's Civil War documentary describing Pickett's charge and how vividly it exists as a proving ground for valor in southerners' imaginations. Flight 93 fills a similar space now in the American imagination, a fact the film's elliptical treatment implicitly acknowledges. There are good reasons to dramatize it but also good reasons not to; the technique here trades brutal realism for greater exaltation. Not always the right choice, but not a bad one here. Agreed. Posted by Bill at September 12, 2006 12:43 PM | TrackBack (0) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsYup. Iwo Jima for my grandparents' generation is another good example. How is the show? We've got it on Tivo, but I haven't been able to decide if I think watching it'll be worth the emotional drain. Posted by: SeanH at September 12, 2006 07:32 PM The film United 93 was very well done in my opinion. Posted by: Robin Roberts at September 12, 2006 09:23 PM Haven't seen the whole show, nor United 93. Might Netflix that one, though it sounds very painful to watch. Posted by: Bill from INDC at September 12, 2006 09:33 PM One of the very impressive things about the film United 93 was the way in which all the usual Hollywood film devices for building up heroic drama were abandoned. We aren't even told the names of the passengers we observe. We are not told who the heroes are with visual cuing and dramatic musical themes. We just watch ordinary people who are not heroes rise up to do a heroic thing. The depiction of the hijackers as they execute their plan is also very very deftly handled. They are made human in a way that does not fall into the trap of moral equivalence and does not excuse their actions. Mostly by avoidance of Hollywood cliches and cartoonish characters, and the matter of fact depiction of individual reactions among them. No doubt fictionalized of course. Posted by: Robin Roberts at September 12, 2006 09:42 PM Robin's description describes exactly what I liked about United 93, and exactly why I didn't want to see World Trade Center. Posted by: dorkafork at September 13, 2006 06:36 PM A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound... Ebotte Posted by: Ebotte at November 21, 2006 08:36 PM Little chips light great fires... Brian Posted by: Brian at November 21, 2006 09:11 PM shaved pussy gallery batgirl fuck hot lesbian bestiality sex lesbian masturbation amature porn mature older women spears nude nude cheerleader redheads nude fat black ass nude babes latin girl hardcore gay blonde bombshell asian porn adult web cams teen webcams gay cum web cams beautiful young models prison rape cute brunette young girls naked tenchi muyo hentai gay cocks gang bangs lil kim breast how to be a porn star interracial gifts hilarious videos family nudist galleries victoria secret girls close up pussy pics elisha cuthbert pics young black pussy pussy squirt amateur facials celebrity nudes shemale pictures mike apartment movies boobed women fetish scat group sex public upskirt hot ass diaper fetish stockings pics bikini teen model galleries asian blowjobs free gay mpegs pissing stories phonesex anal sex teens waywildweb porn cartoons gay family incest beast sex Posted by: lesbian sex stories at November 24, 2006 09:38 AM As innocent as a babe unborn... Rawsone Posted by: Rawsone at November 29, 2006 11:54 AM Even reckoning makes long friends... Emanuel Posted by: Emanuel at November 29, 2006 10:36 PM The camel going to seek horns lost his ears... Cesar Posted by: Cesar at November 30, 2006 10:44 AM ahbkygom wqnctsmz vrpouzlf xoczi pjniam excpuik spam Posted by: okcstnpl khaye at March 9, 2007 08:56 AM honuji qoxrlzcy gymzruqa azfv hvfwamrgl ncdgiyvm fcnvl Posted by: nkpdrm hlxecwpq at March 9, 2007 09:08 AM Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness... Posted by: Gunnar Nunley at April 17, 2007 04:09 AM Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness... Posted by: Gunnar Nunley at April 17, 2007 04:09 AM Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness... Posted by: Gunnar Nunley at April 17, 2007 04:10 AM Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness... Posted by: Spencer Varney at April 17, 2007 04:49 AM Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness... Posted by: Spencer Varney at April 17, 2007 04:50 AM |
