Andrea, et al (yoall know Al).....
It's actually a really interesting question.
Because once one starts somewhere on such a subject, it's
a point of where one might stop... and draw the line.
Let's say (as has been suggested by Fritz Lang) that his then-wife Thea Von
Harbou was a member of the Nazi Party (or the Nutzi Party as Ernst and Mel
might put it) does one therfor decline the offer of a METROPOLIS poster (or
any Ufa poster post 1932-ish spreading it a little wider) because probably
at least many if not most of the crew are Nutzi Party members?
Or one discovers that some director on some favourite American film of all
time was a member of the KKK... so you get rid of the poster? Of course it
depends if one approves of the KKK and their beliefs, or not, may well be
part of the reasoning.
Putting the shoe on the foot - if one is anti-Semite, does one boycott
Steven Spielberg's films say, or just the ones he made after he
re-discovered the importance of his faith to him?
Not having shots at anyone here, but where and how does one draw a line and
if so, why so?
Phil
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From: "Freedom Lover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:20 PM
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When my husband found out one of the magicians poster he collected was an
anti-semite, he sold them all for a song. He didn't even want them in
the house. They're posters, Patrick. Magic is all he collects. Sorry
they couldn't have been movie posters, but I wanted to reply to your
question. I thought it was pertinent.
(and please, don't bark at me. It's art.)
Andrea
On Apr 6, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
Now your last question is definitely on topic! Thanks for steering us
back, Phil.
I think it's a far more complex question. Which makes me wonder, do you
ignore your personal issues with a certain actor/perfomer/writer/
director whether they be politics or what have you in order to sell a
VERY profitable poster BUT take a stand when convenient and don't sell
another actor/performet/writer/director's posters which don't sell for
larger profits? In other words, do we only take a stand when it doesn't
hurt so much in the poster selling world? Or can we all be 'bought' by
profit? Art and personal profit...how close to a Leni Riefenstahl
stance do we flirt with in doing so?
Patrick
On Apr 6, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Phil Edwards wrote:
There are many actors, writers, directors, et al and artists from all
areas of the arts whose personal politics I do not care for myself.
I think what we are talking about here is the death of Mr Heston the
actor and the legacy of films he left, his part in Hollywood movie
history, not Mr Heston who happened to be a big name in the NRA.
By extension, if as a professional seller one feels strongly enough
about an actor/writer/director's politics, does one make a statement by
not dealing in material that features them or was made by them?
Phil
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Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Excellent comparison: Hollywood Blacklist and Gun
Deaths
Yes, it takes a brave man to ambush an elderly gentleman in the early
stages
of Alzheimer's.
That may be his legacy to you, but fortunately it won't be to a
majority of
the world.
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From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
rodxmorgan
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:32 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] Excellent comparison: Hollywood Blacklist and Gun
Deaths
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/04/21/weekinreview/20070422_MARSH_GRA
PHIC.html
2004: almost 100,000 people killed or injured by guns, in just one
year!
Sounds like a runaway epidemic to me---promoted largely by the gun-
lobby
profiteers & NRA.
Heston's legacy: running like a squirmy dog from Michael Moore's
interview.
The image is
indelibly etched into our collective film consciousness.
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=379436543310263692
--- Bill Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
wow - take a position in the land of the free that doesn't keep step
with
the vocal left!
I guess the liberals are just in favor of censorship - or at least
its
okay to shut people up
who don't believe what they believe.
but then why the big outcry againt the hollywood black list - what's
good
for the goose...
-----Original Message-----
>CALLOWAY: He was about the worst NRA-whore who ever made a dirty
living
in this city.
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