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Gentleman's Agreement, a review by Eric

Gentleman's Agreement
First time seen



Now that was a very interesting movie.  Filmed in 1947, only 2 years after the 2nd war, it talks about antisemitism.  It's the story of a reporter who's asked to write on the subject but as the editor wants something from an angle that was never used before, the reporter decides to pretend he's a Jew for a while and see how they are really treated.

The movie brings an interesting POV about people who say they are not antisemite, that they despise it but still let go along.  One very interesting thing is that you would expect the movie to have references to the war and the nazis but it actually doesn't.  There's a military who's a Jew and a friend of the reporter but the war is hardly ever mentioned and the holocaust is not mentioned at all.

It is strange that a movie filmed only 2 years after the war and les than a year after the end of the Nuremburg trials would ignore it completely.  Was this an attempt to educate the american people, maybe most Americans in 1947 weren't aware of antisemitism and Zionism and the intended purpose of the movie was to try to change that ?

I really don't know but it surely is interesting to see things haven't changed in 60 years because what's showed in that movie still happens today.

(From Eric's DVD watching. on February 17th, 2008)

8½, a review by Jon

***** Year: 1962 Director: Federico Fellini Rating: 15 Length: 133 Min.

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A film director (Mastroianni) is struggling to find the creativity required to deliver his next movie and consequently is being hassled by industry figures as well as his wife and his mistress. In order to escape his tormentors, the director retreats into a world of memories, dreams and fantasies. The result is a dazzling array of themes and images which make 8 1/2 the quintessential Fellini movie. It also closely mirrors his own problems prior to getting the project off the ground.

Reviewing a film like AdaptationRear WindowIl Posto, La Commare Secca and Mamma Roma

(From Jon's Random Reviews on May 2nd, 2011)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

VOY 3.11 The Q and the Grey
Writer: Kenneth Biller (Screenwriter), Shawn Piller (Original Material By)
Director: Cliff Bole
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lieutenant Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Suzie Plakson (Female Q), Harve Presnell (Colonel Q), John de Lancie (Q)

A stupid episode. Q wants to mate with Janeway. When she refuses, they end up in the Q continuum portrayed as the American civil war. And then even Voyager manages to enter the continuum. I don't know what the writers were smoking while they have written this episode.

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 25th, 2009)