"V for Vendetta" movie night -- Nov 5th at Occupy Tacoma

[Generic Other]

Yes. They did.

[sakabatou]

1. I want a mask.

[walerosco]

3. me too

I was going to dress us as Guy Fawkes for halloween but I couldnt find one

[Generic Other]

4. Amazon

Of course you MAY end up with an FBI file, but it's worth it. LOL.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Who cares? You know what? The FBI will have a file on everyone. Even themselves! nt

[walerosco]

15. Hehe

I can just see myself right now running from the state like Will Smith in Enemy of the State

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Me too! Where can I get one? I want to wear one when I participate in any of these. nt

[NYC_SKP]

13. eBay mask:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/V-Vendetta-Anonymous-Guy-Fawkes-Mask-Occupy-OWS-Licensed-Official-Rubies-/270847475227?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0fc47e1b

[politicat]

14. Link for paper versions

http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/need-graphic-printable-guy-fawkes-mask.34051/. This thread has about 6.

Take your pick - complex origami, simple paper, less simple paper... The origami version, if printed on card stock and the front well shellacked, is exceedingly durable. It is both durable and extremely comfortable if printed on heavy cotton fabric and starch-stiffened during construction. (use white cotton twill, freezer paper and an ink-jet printer to print on fabric, then iron-on hem tape to bond the tabs.) The flat paper versions can be quickly printed, quickly cut and handed out. If printed on card stock and stapled to a Popsicle stick, they don't even need elastic.

The plastic version is licensed to Time-Warner, so buying a plastic one supports the very corporate interests that are part of the problem. Also, there are reports that the plastic ones can irritate the skin if worn for any length of time. (Remember 1980's Halloween costume masks? Same materials.)

[iemitsu]

18. thank you for the link.

[Generic Other]

2. Occupy Tacoma celebrates Guy Fawkes Day

One of our unemployed tech guys, set up the DVD player for us, connected us to audio, and we passed out blankets, popcorn and wore our masks. When we got too cold we all got up and jumped up and down until we got our blood moving again.

Warm regards from Occupation Park (we actually got our first mail delivery yesterday). Occupy Tacoma, area code 253, South 21st and Pacific Avenue. The screen is a monument commemorating the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad to the west coast. The end of the trail.

[provis99]

19. Guy Fawkes day is really anti-Guy Fawkes.

Guy Fawkes day celebrates the death of Guy Fawkes, who attacked the government. Most people seem to miss this point.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. Have I mentioned how much I love all the Occupiers? 'Cause I do love them.

They're true patriots.

[iemitsu]

8. i was there.

the outdoor showing of V was a memorable event in the short history of Occupy Tacoma.
i hope we can arrange to have a movie night each week.

[mod mom]

9. Excellent. We got it also from our library to watch as a family.

[cory817]

10. Guy Fawkes

Have any of these people looked up Guy Fawkes and seen that he was actually an asshole? It's starting to bother me now.

[MedleyMisty]

11. Symbols change

Old images take on new meanings. It happens all the time in human culture.

[Generic Other]

12. It's the notion that you can't kill an idea that is important

The man is just a mask.

Like corporate personhood is just a myth.

[frylock]

21. the swastika is a buddhist symbol..

as someone already stated, symbols change. the use of the guy fawkes mask is explained within the first ten minutes of the film.

[14thColony]

22. They're emulating V from V for Vendetta

The fact that HE chose to use a Guy Fawkes mask is irrelevant to the statement THEY are making - they are showing solidarity with the ideas of the film, not with those of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.

[harun]

23. It isn't about the guy, it is about the idea.

[iemitsu]

16. the screen is a sheet duct-taped

to the memorial stone in the park.
"the people's theater".
folk should start projecting provocative films on public spaces everywhere.
this reminds me of a cross between batman's beam and banksy.

[provis99]

17. V for Vendetta was just a bad, libertarian-worshipping movie.

They should have shown something like "Matewan", which aptly describes the struggles and frustrations coal miners had with ruthless conservative bosses and their Pinkerton rent-a-cop hirelings.

[iemitsu]

20. matewan is an excellent film.

but november 5th is guy fawkes day. thus the V film.