tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post7300533676742068965..comments2024-01-05T20:26:44.857-08:00Comments on Thinking Again: 300: Contemporary Fascist Film-Making, American-Stylemark wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post-43859602158767243142014-05-31T06:22:42.251-07:002014-05-31T06:22:42.251-07:00Astonishing summary of the fascists art features o...Astonishing summary of the fascists art features of the film!<br /><br />I watched it yesterday and I must say I quite liked the film. Today I was reading an essay about fascism (following a hot political debate about General Pinochet) and it dawned on me that 300 has some eery fascist motives. So I though I'd google my idea and woah, indeed it is not only me who thought so. <br /><br />I am a bit disturbed by this revelation, though. Precisely because I did like the movie. <br /><br />The trouble is that some of the warrior qualities are widely admired, especially among men. Dignity, courage, duty and even self-sacrifice do appeal to many people as higher qualities. And those who do aspire to them certainly cannot be labelled fascist in a wholesale manner. Therein seem to lie the insidious nature and lure of certain facets of fascism that may sway young men and set them on a dangerous path. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post-38983736778283777392012-01-16T10:42:25.710-08:002012-01-16T10:42:25.710-08:00Thank you! I just got into an online conversation ...Thank you! I just got into an online conversation where I needed to explain why this film is a fascist abomination, and was too tired to do it justice. Your excellent post explains everything better than I could've.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252924458269536810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post-62719118363709795212011-06-18T08:12:55.797-07:002011-06-18T08:12:55.797-07:00Hi Mark,
I'm obviously coming late to this pa...Hi Mark,<br /><br />I'm obviously coming late to this party, but I remember the sickening realization I had when I watched the film--fascist art? absolutely. There's an interesting article on Spiegel Online about a book on nudity and body and sun worship that made the rounds during the Nazi era:<br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,768641,00.html. Enjoy.Javed Her'aatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post-19989817532189282462009-11-27T21:52:47.210-08:002009-11-27T21:52:47.210-08:00And here I was thinking it just a bad case of test...And here I was thinking it just a bad case of testosterone poisoning. . . .Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post-58634212680396365902009-11-25T21:49:01.814-08:002009-11-25T21:49:01.814-08:00Hi Mark,
the creative vision behind that movie is...Hi Mark,<br /><br />the creative vision behind that movie is graphic artist Frank Miller, who used to be a progressive when he wrote the Daredevil series - after the 9/11 attacks he became a Bush-o-phile.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127984623890722872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432817549859327458.post-58484629366789462762009-11-25T11:35:45.875-08:002009-11-25T11:35:45.875-08:00Klaus Theweleit's two volume (at least in tran...Klaus Theweleit's two volume (at least in translation) _Male Fantasies_ might be a helpful text, if you haven't seen it. It's pretty amazing reading just in its kinda wild n crazy theses...<br />Volume 1 is subtitled ": Women, Floods, Bodies, History" and Vol 2 "Male Bodies - Psychoanalyzing the White Terror". I don't recall there being a lot about cinematic representations but one could make the links... <br />DBdbuuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168078423144600856noreply@blogger.com