tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post1966467905251629950..comments2023-10-28T10:12:35.184-04:00Comments on Big Tent: Online PubStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-57001656583055922010-03-23T15:59:24.861-04:002010-03-23T15:59:24.861-04:00Derek,
That might be the word, but I'm not i...Derek, <br /><br />That might be the word, but I'm not in film studies, so I don't know if they use filmography the way we use historiography.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142850060979422358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-10260470022444851232010-03-22T12:16:13.811-04:002010-03-22T12:16:13.811-04:00Reader Rob writes in:
"I liked the article, ...Reader Rob writes in:<br /><br />"I liked the article, Tom and thought it was well written. Specifically, I liked your summation at the end of what the overall theme, if you will, was of the film. I think most men and women fight to keep what we have and for that better tomorrow we all hope for. <br /><br />I think you were correct in saying that Capt. Miller's line of "Earn ThisTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-493385669205236302010-03-16T16:09:37.397-04:002010-03-16T16:09:37.397-04:00Tom --
I like the piece too. You've always li...Tom --<br /> I like the piece too. You've always liked SPR as a movie more than I do, but I like the way you integrate the filmography (is that the word you were thinking of, Mark?) into the essay and I like the larger argument. I'd prefer more anger, as a general rule. I'm going to post your piece soon.<br /><br />dcatdcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-13400359086327878482010-03-16T10:23:53.877-04:002010-03-16T10:23:53.877-04:00Thanks Mark. Those are both good points. I do co...Thanks Mark. Those are both good points. I do consider "Band of Brothers" to be an extension of "Saving Private Ryan" thematically (and in production). <br /><br />I have not watched "The Pacific" yet, but my impression is that we are drifting into interpretations of WWII that are more almost nihilistic, emphasizing the horror of it all more than what it Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-33285424728724949372010-03-15T23:37:36.245-04:002010-03-15T23:37:36.245-04:00A well-written and interesting article, Tom. A goo...A well-written and interesting article, Tom. A good use of both historiography and film-historiography (I wanted to make up a word there, but couldn't make it work). You maybe could've said something about how Spielberg uses (or maybe doesn't use) the men's questioning of their mission to explore their feelings about their larger motivations in the war, and it might've been Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142850060979422358noreply@blogger.com