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(Spoilers) Why didn't those Englishmen make sure Tony was really dead?
We never see a movie on the 1948 revolution or the Nakba.
We never see a movie on the 1948 revolution or the Nakba.
What this film needed.
I seem to like this movie more than most do.
Who should play him in a movie?
Did this not bother anyone else?
Ten or Twenty Greatest Episodes
Twenty Greatest Episodes
The Phone Calls (Spoilers)
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I'm not a Trump fan. I'm not fond of either party. All I mean to say is when you do a historical figure in a movie--unless you're doing Hitler or Stalin--you need to look at all sides of the equation in what the history books and documents say if you want to do a great job--neither deifying or demonizing the person of interest. A film director could make the same mistake with a movie on Joe Biden too. Authenticity is tricky.
This is very well written. Could you show me the documentaries and links?
NukeDude,
As always with these stories, the media articles are very vague and use words like "highly credible" and "thorough investigation" with no links to access the details of the investigation, when the women "came out" and how they "came out" and thus it undercuts justice and the quest for truth.
I don't know Tim Ballard personally; I'm not saying he is perfect or has done everything right but I do know that it's a common plot of the FBI and CIA to either dig up the dirt or use the art of artifice to discredit and destroy people on their hit-list simply because they question the system or raise awareness to unpopular subjects. Look up Operation Mockingbird and Cointelpro. They have the power to infiltrate spies into news broadcasts to weave a narrative and infiltrate organizations to set people up so the government has a reason to persecute them. They did this back in the 50's 60's and 70's with the Nation of Islam, Civil Rights Movement, American Communist Party, Black Panthers and Vietnam War Protestors and we somehow think they wouldn't do that now...
Also, look up the documentary "The New American Century" (Massimo Maccuzzo) about the Iraq War. There's a brief story mentioned about a woman who supposedly worked in a Iraqi hospital during the revolution when Saddam Hussein came to power and gave an emotional testimony to alleged cruelty of soldiers that barged into the facility. It turned out she was a CIA asset, paid to play a part on TV.
It's called spiritual wickedness in the high places.
Maybe the house they rented wouldn't allow pets.
Nicole C. Mullen had an abusive first marriage before she became a famous contemporary singer. But she never gives his name when mentioning him in her interviews out of respect for him and his new family's privacy. She said on the Cece Winans YouTube blog "He was troubled and damaged and had a hard childhood and took his frustrations out on me physically and emotionally. But after we divorced, he finally got the help he needed. So there was enough love left in my heart--not to stay in the relationship--but to forgive him--because I didn't believe he deserved to be punished forever for our failed marriage. It's been thirty years. He's dead now and I still don't give his name for the sake of his family."
Now THAT'S an honorable woman for you!
I totally agree with Enigmaticocean.
Have you ever watched the 1995 version? It ends exactly how you would have done it, had you been the director.
Totally agree. Just another disgruntled, proud s--t feminazi wacko looking for attention. If you don't believe me, look up Mediaman's review of her autobiography on Goodreads. Isn't it odd how when all these actresses' careers hit the skids, they come out with these tell-all books and interviews airing their dirty laundry and playing the victim blaming men for all their issues? It's like they can't function being outside the spotlight, so they do whatever it takes to get back into the spotlight--like the MeToo movement and the Depp vs. Heard case. It doesn't matter if the attention they get from the public is good or bad, as long as they are getting noticed. The attention serves as a temporary high but will never fulfill the longings of the soul.
If you're so victimized and oppressed, why do you wait five, ten to twenty years before coming out about your SOB stories instead of going to the police right away?
I think about those women who worked in the massage parlor with Ravi Zacharias the founder of the RZIM mission field, accepted favors from him for money and then waited until he died before stabbing his family in the back and taking down his foundation by playing the victim--now we're supposed to suddenly boycott and disregard all the good his foundation has done over the years because of what a few attractive women say on social media?
As far as Harvey Weinstein and Ravi Zacharias are concerned, I'm not saying they're saints or that they did everything right but heck, I really don't know what I'd do if I were a wealthy successful billionaire businessman and had tons of beautiful women in my face trying to get my attention about this and that. I'm not saying I would fall but most men would and to say you wouldn't be tempted in that situation would be EXTREMELY DISHONEST. You have to understand the human condition--we crave attention and validation from others and wealth and power just brings it out more.
Bottom line: I don't have a dog in these fights.
I read all the way to the end of this thread and most of you make great points. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. That's why whenever I hear people open up about their marriage gone wrong, I try not to sympathize too much or take sides because there is always another side and it's human nature to pass the buck off entirely to the other party instead of saying "It was my fault, or partly my fault" because that's means laying down your pride, which most humans are unwilling or incapable of doing.
Totally agree. I used to enjoy her interviews and the film but in retrospection, why does she keep his last name if he was such an a***ole to her? It's like she enjoys being his ex-wife. I wonder if it all boils down to $$ and fame.
Also, the media chooses which stories get massive coverage and which ones don't in order to keep the ratings high and their wise enough to realize everyone loves a good SOB story about a victim. Like you said, there are always two sides of the story.
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