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The 'Titanic' and 'Avatar': A Curious Obsession with Nazi Sympathizer Leni Riefenstahl
The American Thinker ^
| 4/22/2011
| Mark Musser
Posted on 04/22/2011 8:03:14 AM PDT by Olympiad Fisherman
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To: Olympiad Fisherman
This is so far fetched it's ridiculous.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:07:04 AM PDT
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Artemis Webb
(What, if not a bagel and coffee, confirms the existence of a just and loving God?)
To: Olympiad Fisherman
Cameron is a wacky Leftist. I don't like him.
But my God, the man knows how to make movies. I didn't even realize it until I saw a list of his movies. I had no idea he had been involved in so many of my favorite movies, going back several decades. The man is just good at his job.
One way to master your craft is to look at predecessors and to learn from them. Everyone agrees that Riefenstahl was a great film maker. So Cameron studied and learned from her. What's the big deal?
To: Olympiad Fisherman
This is too much of a stretch for me. There is no cinematic similarity whatsoever between Titanic and Triumph of the Will. Zero. I wouldn't waste my money on Avatar so I can't comment, but stylistically, thematically, and artistically, Cameron is not Riefenstahl.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:08:43 AM PDT
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IronJack
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To: Olympiad Fisherman
I thought undersea UFOs destroyed the Titanic...
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:11:07 AM PDT
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WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: Olympiad Fisherman
Reads like an undergrad film paper. Draws some pretty wild comparisons; if the subject matter were green-friendly, would probably get a B+ (I know this because I certainly pandered to my professor and TA's when writing up film themes).
But the thesis ultimately fails due to one simple problem. The hero in Titanic was named "Jack", not "Jake". When faced with such elementary carelessness, I must give a failing grade.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:12:06 AM PDT
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Mr. Bird
To: Olympiad Fisherman
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:12:27 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: Olympiad Fisherman
Cameron stole his movie ideas from the nazis? What’s his next movie, TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, PART II starring Sean Penn?
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:12:33 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Olympiad Fisherman
Why should Leni Riefenstahl be excluded from all the directors that Cameron ripped off making Avatar?
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:12:46 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Olympiad Fisherman
The 'Titanic' and 'Avatar': A Curious Obsession with Nazi Sympathizer Leni Riefenstahl ...OR, perhaps a certain 'film studies' professor is bored and craves attention
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:13:48 AM PDT
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WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: BenLurkin
Those films were referenced by Tarantino in Inglourious Basterds.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:15:23 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: dead
He took the idea for Terminator from an episode of The Outer Limits so...
To: Olympiad Fisherman
So, Ms. Rienfenstahl one made a cartoon movie about a racially ambiguous little dude with an arrow on his head who wears robes like a buddhist monk and ‘bends’ air... or something?
;-)
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:18:00 AM PDT
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WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: WayneS
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:19:27 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: IronJack
Avatar without 3-D is a really so-so average movie with a Disney-like simplistic plot.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:20:34 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: Artemis Webb
It does not appear that you have even bothered to read the article.
To: Olympiad Fisherman
Everybody is influenced by everything. Well almost. Probably not a stretch to think that there is some influence. What’s a stretch it to take that idea and say it’s a conscious remake. That’s where things get ridiculous.
Take George Harrison and My Sweet Lord and the Chiffons’ He’s So Fine. I doubt George set out to consciously rewrite or steal He’s So Fine. But doubtless he had heard the song and somewhere along the line it stuck in his brain. I think that’s how most of these things work.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:21:56 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
To: Mr. Bird
Yes, you are right about Jack.
To: IronJack
"Avatar"
They'eve been showing the film endlessly on HBO. Every time I'm flipping through the channels and Avatar appears on the screen, I think I'm looking at overgrown Smurfs. Really, the movie is too absurd to be taken seriously.
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posted on
04/22/2011 8:25:54 AM PDT
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driftless2
(For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Knowing James Cameron’s green streak, this is not a stretch - far from it - it is the heart of the matter.
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