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#1 MusicOfCreation Jul 21, 2009 15:50:14	(First off I want to apologize ahead of time if this is in violation of the rule against discussion about politics, but I was actually hoping to talk about ideology/aesthetic in film making.) I was recently surfing the internet and I came upon two seperate topics that piqued my interest. The first was Roger Moore(not the former James Bond actor) referring to the movie 300 as "Fascist Art". Here is a section from his article about it: Show It's as obvious as the shirts not on their backs. A work with an obviously fascist aesthetic, it falls under the broad umbrella Susan Sontag used to encompass "fascist art," in that it reaches for a superficial human ideal (uncomplicated, orders-following, buffed, beautiful, nearly-nude fighting men) and celebrates death (theirs). "Fascist art glorifies surrender, it exalts mindlessness, it glamourizes death," Sontag wrote, in describing the appeal of Leni Riefenstal's Nuremberg rally propaganda film, Triumph of the Will.
#2 toastedamphibian Jul 22, 2009 19:35:12
#3 ph0enyx37 Jul 23, 2009 2:00:49	I was recently surfing the internet and I came upon two seperate topics that piqued my interest. The first was Roger Moore(not the former James Bond actor) referring to the movie 300 as "Fascist Art". Here is a section from his article about it: Show It's as obvious as the shirts not on their backs. A work with an obviously fascist aesthetic, it falls under the broad umbrella Susan Sontag used to encompass "fascist art," in that it reaches for a superficial human ideal (uncomplicated, orders-following, buffed, beautiful, nearly-nude fighting men) and celebrates death (theirs). "Fascist art glorifies surrender, it exalts mindlessness, it glamourizes death," Sontag wrote, in describing the appeal of Leni Riefenstal's Nuremberg rally propaganda film, Triumph of the Will.