Therefore, since I am feeling bashfull, I will turn my mind to an altenate form of bashing. This is OK is it not? Do you have any sugesstions to help me out?
I saw the preview on television this evening for an upcoming film Flags of Our Fathers.
I quote from the article "It examines the power of a single image to affect not only public opinion but also the outcome of a war"
Granted, there's more to the movie than the photograph (politics, government, etc.), but that's not my intent on posting. I'm always amazed and impressed at what one image can do for so many people. In this case, it's about the inspiration that this one particular image has obviously had.
Just wanted to share this film, its topic and my philosophy that the art of photography can speak volumes without a word said.
*edited to say that I'm not particularly a fan of the NYT nor am I promoting the movie, rather the topic and its content (the photograph). So please, no politcal bashing!
So much surrounds that one tiny instant in time, its far too big to describe just the highlights of it. Just the fact that there were two flag raisings and two pictures, one immortal, one forgotten, is a story all in its own.
I am, however, confused. You do specify that I do not bash you politically. This, it seems to me, is a most reasonable request. Therefore, since I am feeling bashfull, I will turn my mind to an altenate form of bashing. This is OK is it not? Do you have any sugesstions to help me out?
As to your comment about not being a "fan" of the NYT - I don't understand why you say that?
I am on thin ice here but I am guessing that Dorothy does not completely like NYT. So often in the past, I have found that when one uses the expression of "not being a fan of" it represents, generally, a view of less the wholehearted agreement.
just wasn't sure why she needed to bring it up.
Well said, Alex.
Thanks for not 'personally' bashing meSeriously...I simply saw the preview this evening and was impressed at how someone would base an entire movie (much as books have been written) on this one image. It's impressive as hell how one photograph can speak volumes.
Ok, hear goes. I didn't want to politicize the 'image' aspect of my post (affiliating myself with the NYT). However, it's an institution (the NYT) whose time has come and can quietly go off into the sunset as far as I'm concerned. I saw their article with a decent write up. So, the connection with 'me' and the NYT was made when I shared their link. I'm just not a huge fan. I posted this in the good faith that it would be what it was started to be. The image and the impact of photography and what it has created for others. Maybe I shouldn't have posted my 'opinion' on the NYT. Just didn't want my fellow conservatives to think I was cavin'.
Oh, BTW, I think you will find that even the most conservative of thinkers reads the NYT - I think they consider it an exercise in "knowing thy enemy".
The book was written by the son of one of the flag raisers (Rosenthal's picture). Of the three that even made it off the island, he was the only one that lived a full life. Ira Hays and the other man both succumbed to alcoholism. As we all know, Joe Rosenthal just recently passed away. Hays was the subject of a movie centered around him and portrayed by Tony Curtis in the late 1950s.
I noticed that the movie is directed by Clint Eastwood. I'm sure he will do it as much justice as a film maker can.
Unlike a lot of recent movies dealing with this era (e.g. Saving Private Ryan) I think I want to see this one.
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