This article was in yesterday’s newspaper:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/26/kings-speech-swearing-weinstein-oscars
What are your views on censorship in films? To what extent should films be cut or changed to meet the public likes? Should freedom of speech be respected at all times?
Here are some details about a few censored films:
http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/film.html
“To learn a language besides one’s native idiom, to penetrate its syntax, is to open for oneself a second window on the landscape of being.” Steiner, G. (1971)
1/27/2011
1/19/2011
Action! Cut!
Which film/s have you watched again and again? Which film made a great impact on you?
A couple of recommendations in case you're in the mood for a good film today:
Any of Buster Keaton's movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZYZj0i3Og&feature=related
Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prcs7b7Qfp0
For some free streaming movies you can go to: http://www.jaman.com/movies/free-movies/
1/13/2011
1/09/2011
Time Banks
Check this out: http://www.timebanks.org/
What do you think of time banks? Would you take part in one of them? If so, what would you offer to do in your community?
What do you think of time banks? Would you take part in one of them? If so, what would you offer to do in your community?
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