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MovieLover74 — 19 years ago(September 05, 2006 10:51 PM)
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Sorry, but this is a truly depressing question. Nothing against you personally for all I know you're a very kind and good person but this question exemplifies the kind of narrow, counter-productive thinking that sadly dominates American politics these days.
Why do you think someone automatically must be part of "The" Left or "The" Right? Haven't you ever heard of The Center? What about just being an independent thinker unencumbered by partisan loyalty? It gives me the creeps when people describe their politics in such rigid, simplistic terms. It just seems like such a lousy way to look at the world; why be a part of a club (The Left, The Right, The This, The That) instead of just standing up and thinking for yourself? People who blindly believe in and follow Sean Hannity or Michael Moore are like cult members. I don't mean to sound too harsh, but people who think of themselves in such limiting political terms seem like very insecure people to me.
As for myself, I'm not registered with any political party. I have too much self-respect to put myself in a box. I vote based on the issues and the characters of the candidates. I'm a flexible and pragmatic person and have no interest in becoming locked to a political party. In some ways, I agree with the Republicans and in some ways with the Democrats and in other ways I think both parties are extremely flawed. Ultimately, I just want to be an intelligent individual instead of a partisan lapdog and I REALLY wish more people felt the same. -
veggiegal — 19 years ago(November 08, 2006 07:35 PM)
During the Republican National Convention week Sayles participated in the reading of the Constitution. That was anti Republican. I was there. And his books are published by Nation books. So he is definitely on the left.
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liberalmedia — 19 years ago(December 24, 2006 05:06 PM)
I think the best answer to the question is viewing an interview of Sayles, though perhaps you can find a printed transcript and go with that.
When Silver City was released, Sayles was interviewed on the PBS news magazine Now. What came out in the interview was that the characters in Silver City weren't depicted necessarily in black-and-white terms.
Now if you watch the movie, you'll still understand something of Sayles's general perspectives, and the same goes for films like Matewan, The Brother from Another Planet, and Sunshine State. He's a filmmaker of tremendous humanity.