If you read no other article this week, please go read this one. The article is on movies, in particular modern war movies, and is remarkably well researched and written and examines the ethics, philosophy, history, and even morality in context and with devastating accuracy. Context is a key here, and the examination of philosophical/political systems and movements with such is truly amazing—and essential for anyone who wants to understand art, much less movies and cinematography. For that matter, for anyone who wants to understand current events and depictions of same…
Again, please go read The Lost Art of War. If you have any intellect, you will be glad you did.
LW
