--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you live in New York or Los Angeles. Unfortunately John Cusack's > "War, Inc." is opening this weekend in only two theaters. The Angelica > in New York and the Landmark in Los Angeles. It is a hilarious satire > on corporatism and war with Cusack and Dan Ackroyd playing a Dick Cheney > like character. Cusack was interview on Thom Hartmann's show this > morning in the second hour and said he has fought an uphill battle to > get it in theaters. Seems out "liberal" Hollywood has fallen in line > with the fascists even telling him the war is still going on and the > film inappropriate.
Perhaps it has more to do with the fact that anti-Iraq war films simply don't do very well at the box office since the beginning of the Gulf War. Can you name one anti-war film that's done well? "Redacted"? And I don't think the reason is that the movie-going public is PRO Iraq War; it's more a factor of fatigue. For example, I love the Dixie Chicks (up to the last one, I've bought every album they've made). I haven't bought the last one because I am in disagreement with the stance on the war but for the simple fact that I am exhausted from being barraged day and night on the radio, TV, and newspapers about the war. Why should I shell out 18 dollars to get even MORE of it (there are one or two "protest" songs about the war on the album) when I want to get AWAY from it for a few minutes! > You can hear the interview here: > http://green960.com/pages/podcasts.html > Click on Thom Hartmann "audio archives" and the May 23rd second hour > podcast. I'm surprised that "Green 960" didn't arrange for a special > showing as they do with other films (even more controversial). > > Of course I would also say he picked a bad weekend to open what with the > theaters booking the latest (and worst reviewed) Indiana Jones film into > multiple auditoriums as a cash cow and the sheep I'm sure will fill > those auditoriums up (hey, I'll even check it out next week at a matinee > up the hill while the kids are in school and adults at work so I'll get > a good seat). > > Movie info: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884224/ > > Have I mentioned lately how much I hate corporatism! >
