From a fascinating essay on Tarantino by Johann Hari:
“I don’t believe works of art should be ennobling. I don’t believe the heroes should be virtuous, or that bad characters should get their comeuppance. It can show deeply violent and deeply cruel people, and tell us that — as in real life — they can be [...]

Posted: August 31, 2009 Leave a Comment

Roger Ebert wrote this in his Boogie Man review last year:
“A fascinating portrait of an almost likable rogue…It makes a companion piece to Oliver Stone’s W…a remarkable portrait…heartbreaking.”
Now he sees a connection to the health care debates:
“I saw a documentary last year about Lee Atwater, the strategist for the Reagan and George H. W. Bush [...]

Posted: August 19, 2009 Comments Off