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Go Dustin! People should see his new, Quartet, which he directed. Wonderful film. graham4anything Jan 2013 #1
exactly Locrian Jan 2013 #2
Movies have a first admendment right to use guns if they want. Travis_0004 Jan 2013 #3
and I wanted to see the Dark Knight,then some masked extremist shot up a theatre for political cause graham4anything Jan 2013 #16
Batman quit carrying a gun in 1939, klook Jan 2013 #52
but someone in a joker mask shot up a theatre because he wasn't armed with a ping pong ball graham4anything Jan 2013 #58
...or a hammer, or a knife, or any of the other weapons he could have used klook Jan 2013 #62
last week someone with a knife stabbed ONE person in a bed,bath-and she survived graham4anything Jan 2013 #66
Sorry, but movies, like corporations, don't have rights. The Constitution was sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #20
Wealthy, powerful people Ian Iam Jan 2013 #75
Movies don't have rights ashling Jan 2013 #21
Yes, but people have the right to make movies. EOTE Jan 2013 #26
Seems someone hyprocritical to be a Progressive and support guns in movies but not for real azalia Jan 2013 #56
Hollywood has always been "owned" by the liquor and cigarette industries. xtraxritical Jan 2013 #82
Jackie Chan is way awesomer than gun-toting faux heros. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #72
ban guns in movies trumad Jan 2013 #5
"Of mice and Men" sure would have a different ending, wouldn't it? JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #57
Without Catcher in the Rye, John Lennon might be alive today. Who knows, but graham4anything Jan 2013 #59
It's hard to tell what to ban in a free society, isn't it? JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #74
Not really Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #7
i agree Enrique Jan 2013 #14
Yes, Quartet is great! ananda Jan 2013 #48
As a spokesman from Hollywood his opinion Bay Boy Jan 2013 #4
Good for him reorg Jan 2013 #6
Straight Time has become one of my favorite performances of his CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #11
I read that it's one of Elmore Leonard's favorite movies reorg Jan 2013 #17
You know, you may be right about the watch CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #19
I had no idea reorg Jan 2013 #22
Oh? theKed Jan 2013 #27
I know reorg Jan 2013 #30
I'm fairly certain theKed Jan 2013 #31
absolutely not reorg Jan 2013 #37
Kick! Heidi Jan 2013 #8
mornin Miss Thing xchrom Jan 2013 #9
Well, mornin', handsome. Heidi Jan 2013 #13
Completely bullshit. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #10
Yep, he made the list... RevStPatrick Jan 2013 #12
Way to support artistic expression of film makers Dustin. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #15
Actors like Dustin do not audition fo roles at all. It goes like this: Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #36
I have to laugh at action cheese, Dash87 Jan 2013 #18
Love Dustin... ReRe Jan 2013 #23
Me too. ananda Jan 2013 #24
Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #79
I know it's a very minor thing, but I wish movies would show how long it takes to clean a gun Recursion Jan 2013 #25
that would really help I think... Locrian Jan 2013 #29
Very True and Funny 4Q2u2 Jan 2013 #60
You forgot about how much louder real-life gunfire is, too Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #65
That's an interesting bit of psychoacoustics Recursion Jan 2013 #70
some interesting arguments... Locrian Jan 2013 #28
I think Dirty Harry was a beginning of something Whisp Jan 2013 #32
It goes way before that.. AsahinaKimi Jan 2013 #34
these US classic tv westerns all have guns Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #38
That is true but Whisp Jan 2013 #39
Gun violence is still Gun Violence AsahinaKimi Jan 2013 #42
Maybe it can be broken into a couple categories: Whisp Jan 2013 #44
Kill Bill was arty violence that was pointless. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #49
I think it was true that after JAWS.. AsahinaKimi Jan 2013 #81
The sad ghing is you are right. We havelearned, through media that violence first is good rustydog Jan 2013 #46
and to add to that, take mega sports for another example. Whisp Jan 2013 #51
Zatoichi! I love those movies! The blind samurai!!! stevenleser Jan 2013 #88
gun lust unblock Jan 2013 #54
yeh, well said. 'the myth of the glorious, righteous kill.' Whisp Jan 2013 #55
i think life must be a big letdown for some people after war. unblock Jan 2013 #61
what I see on those shows are very much unlike what my uncles thought of war Whisp Jan 2013 #76
Dirty Harry--the "hero"--operated outside the law. truebluegreen Jan 2013 #83
Dirty Harry is something of a Rorschach test nxylas Feb 2013 #95
Maybe. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #96
You are probably right nxylas Feb 2013 #97
<snort> truebluegreen Feb 2013 #98
It's funny, I watched some old vintage westerns - The Cisco Kid - just the other night NBachers Jan 2013 #84
Maybe you should actually watch a Dirty Harry movie sometime Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #67
dirty harry was a sexist piece of shit Whisp Jan 2013 #77
Wait...hang on...a renegade cop in the 70's was protrayed as SEXIST? Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #78
Car explosions too.... JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #33
My favorite might be the car crashing into the swimming pool and exploding..... Marrah_G Feb 2013 #99
It's not guns or explosions SCVDem Jan 2013 #35
So many movies are about stalking and killing women. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #90
Quick! SCVDem Jan 2013 #92
But if you put boobs in a movie, the righteous a-holes will act like a massacre happened. Crowman1979 Jan 2013 #40
They won't let their kids go to a movie with nudity. JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #45
See my comment above re:Clockwork Orange. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #50
Make nudity, not violence! Crowman1979 Jan 2013 #41
Sheeittt, Wayne LaPierre's depiction of guns if fraudulent! rustydog Jan 2013 #43
I heard that interview on Fresh Air and it was great. nt DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #47
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #53
SAY IT LIKE IT IS!!! Skittles Jan 2013 #63
Say hello to my little friend... LiberalLovinLug Jan 2013 #64
Need to start boycotting these movies. Start with the new Stallone flick JBoy Jan 2013 #68
What? Movie depictions aren't realistic?!? Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #69
And here's to you Mr. Hoffman! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #71
The fraud is that movies/TV don't accurately depict gunshot wounds and dying of gunshot FarCenter Jan 2013 #73
Too true! AmyDeLune Jan 2013 #86
See my reply #49 above. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #91
bingo . . . to "kill" or to "threaten" to kill DrDan Jan 2013 #80
My first reaction is -- just guns? kudzu22 Jan 2013 #85
This is, I assume, the end of his gunfighter period. nolabear Jan 2013 #87
As opposed to it's depiction of other things? hughee99 Jan 2013 #89
Oh Dustin, you silly man Android3.14 Jan 2013 #93
He's not telling people what movies they can or can't make. IveWornAHundredPants Jan 2013 #94
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