Comments on: A Heston for Every Generation http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James Byrne http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-133953 James Byrne Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:17:25 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-133953 Some Charlton Heston movies are the greatest classics of all-time BEN-HUR THE BIG COUNTRY WILL PENNY PLANET OF THE APES and so on. You would miss out on viewing some masterpieces of the Silver Screen by boycotting the films of Charlton Heston. Don't do it. Some Charlton Heston movies are the greatest classics of all-time

BEN-HUR
THE BIG COUNTRY
WILL PENNY
PLANET OF THE APES

and so on. You would miss out on viewing some masterpieces of the Silver Screen by boycotting the films of Charlton Heston. Don’t do it.

]]> By: kevin http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89769 kevin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:22:36 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89769 The funny thing is I actually support boycotting corporations for unethical practices. But artists seem different to me. There's a lot more to chew on if the artist has some serious flaws. Like Andy Warhol getting other people to make his prints and just raking in the dough. Problematic=Interesting. The funny thing is I actually support boycotting corporations for unethical practices. But artists seem different to me. There’s a lot more to chew on if the artist has some serious flaws. Like Andy Warhol getting other people to make his prints and just raking in the dough. Problematic=Interesting.

]]> By: Adam http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89616 Adam Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:52:11 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89616 clarification: I don't think MI:3 is scientology propaganda. I meant to underscore the absurdity of the assumption that every movie a scientologist makes is scientologist propaganda. On the other hand, sometimes it seems an actor or director's worldview isn't as easily separable from the content. I.e. I argued in the past that there's evidence in Apocalypto to suggest it (surprisingly) contains Mel Gibson's critique of the Catholic church vis-a-vis Native Americans. clarification: I don’t think MI:3 is scientology propaganda. I meant to underscore the absurdity of the assumption that every movie a scientologist makes is scientologist propaganda.

On the other hand, sometimes it seems an actor or director’s worldview isn’t as easily separable from the content. I.e. I argued in the past that there’s evidence in Apocalypto to suggest it (surprisingly) contains Mel Gibson’s critique of the Catholic church vis-a-vis Native Americans.

]]> By: Adam http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89615 Adam Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:48:11 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89615 Kevin, I think I agree that it seems rash to boycott most actors, but I don't conclude this from (what seems to be) your premise that the creation of meaning ultimately resides in the viewer/audience. I don't think that's the main thrust of your argument, though. It does seem silly that someone would boycott, say, MI:3 because it's scientology propaganda. This is an interesting idea to me; Americans are letting their consumer or civil actions be based on the ethics and attitudes of companies, government officials, or actors. This doesn't seem like a wholly good or wholly bad thing to me. Anyone up for analyzing the pros and cons? http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comments Kevin, I think I agree that it seems rash to boycott most actors, but I don’t conclude this from (what seems to be) your premise that the creation of meaning ultimately resides in the viewer/audience.

I don’t think that’s the main thrust of your argument, though. It does seem silly that someone would boycott, say, MI:3 because it’s scientology propaganda.

This is an interesting idea to me; Americans are letting their consumer or civil actions be based on the ethics and attitudes of companies, government officials, or actors.

This doesn’t seem like a wholly good or wholly bad thing to me. Anyone up for analyzing the pros and cons?
http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comments

]]> By: Christopher Campbell http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89607 Christopher Campbell Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:10:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/04/07/a-heston-for-every-generation/#comment-89607 Thanks for reminding me of that vid's existence. It is probably my favorite trailer mashup ever made. Thanks for reminding me of that vid’s existence. It is probably my favorite trailer mashup ever made.

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