[the OlLine Rebel]

I don't know how political it is. It may be, but I doubt it. The political message isn't very clear.

Unlike "Field of Dreams", let's say.

[NathanR]

This is from one of your previous posts:
Then within the year, my social-studies teacher actually played this very movie in class, ostensibly because he could tie in the "savings&loan crisis" with the building & loan in the movie! LOL Anyway I was rather astonished, because again, this was a RARE movie.
I believe that according to Post Modern Theory, it does not matter what the author meant. What matters is what the reader (or watcher) sees. Apparently, your teacher saw politics in the movie. I expect others did too.