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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 10:12 AM
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6. An analysis of it I'd read...
An analysis of it I'd read in a film theory textbook (Movies & Methods by Bill Nichols) regarded It's A Wonderful Life (and all of Capra's films) as classic, mid-twentieth century Populism...

Dismissive attitudes of big business and subsidized arts, neighborly rather than government assistance, the fantasy of small town goodwill, disregard of big city morals, heroes who are strong anti-materialists but even stronger pro-capitalists.

A very good read if it ever strikes you...
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  -When you think about it, “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the ultimate pro-New Deal film Wednesdays  Dec-19-08 09:39 AM   #0 
  - reminds me of repukes versus dems every year it becomes more stark  28erl   Dec-19-08 09:46 AM   #1 
  - I was going to say...  Wednesdays   Dec-19-08 10:11 AM   #5 
  - My mouth's bleeding, Bert! My mouth's bleeding!  Swede   Dec-19-08 09:48 AM   #2 
  - Hey, look mister, we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast.  chucktaylor   Dec-19-08 09:54 AM   #3 
  - It's a Wonderful Life is probably my all time favorite movie & I'm agnostic.  TheGoldenRule   Dec-19-08 10:00 AM   #4 
  - An analysis of it I'd read...  LanternWaste   Dec-19-08 10:12 AM   #6 
  - I don't think the movie reviewer  Frances   Dec-19-08 10:29 AM   #7 
     - Not a review or reviewer  LanternWaste   Dec-19-08 10:37 AM   #8 
     - I se it as Liberal (George Bailey) vs. Conservative (Potter) and shows predictable results of each.  SharonAnn   Dec-19-08 11:52 AM   #12 
  - This was good to read.  Uncle Joe   Dec-19-08 10:41 AM   #9 
  - YW!  Wednesdays   Dec-19-08 03:11 PM   #13 
  - It's my favorite movie  JulieRB   Dec-19-08 11:24 AM   #10 
  - I watch it every year.  Dulcinea   Dec-19-08 11:49 AM   #11 
  - Great film and source of epidemic ignorance of our understanding of  greyhound1966   Dec-19-08 03:24 PM   #14 
  - I don't know if your post or the other DU post  Danascot   Dec-19-08 03:39 PM   #15 
  - Thanks for the link  Wednesdays   Dec-20-08 12:52 AM   #17 
     - Sure, a casino & prostitution economy would be "better" than  Hannah Bell   Dec-20-08 01:26 AM   #18 
  - Thank you for this Wednesdays. Idve not seen that film, unfortunately,  KCabotDullesMarxIII   Dec-19-08 07:24 PM   #16 
 

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