NationStates Jolt Archive

Just list 'em and their subject matter.

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"Area 51"

A TV movie on the TLC channel.

It was so controversial that the Anti-Terrorism Task Force raided one of the reporters on the show's house, and took his flat pannel moniter and all his computer hard drives for "evidence".

It exposed that the US tested MiGs and other stolen technology from the Russians during the Cold War against US technology in war games there.

It was funny to see them literarly sitting on the border of the base with a bunch of guards in a SUV watching ontop of a hill with face protection so that they could not identify any of the guards.

Philadelphia = AIDS and if you want homosexuality

John Q addressed healthcare problems in America.

not as relevant these days but to kill a mockingbird

I think Requiem for a Dream takes the prize.

maybe not a controversial issue, but one that sure needs adressing: the south park movie.
Take another look at it, at the lyrics of the songs, its not too hard to see how its about parents facing that, when things go wrong, entertainment is not to blame. The kids and the parents are ususally to blame and the whole movie is about that.

The lion king.

Alexander-> Should Irish guys play Ancient Greeks?

Birth of a Nation - the first classic film. The first film to take on the form that would become the modern movie, and a fascinating topic still of relevence to American today.

Alexander-> Should Irish gays play Ancient Greek bisexuals?

meh.

Alexander-> Should Irish gays play Ancient Greek bisexuals?



meh.

I resent being misquoted.

I said, "Should Irish guys play Ancient Greeks?"

You should never do that again.

I resent being misquoted.

I said, "Should Irish porn stars play Ancient Geeks?"

You should never do that again....btw, HES HOT!!

I cant beleive he misquoted you...what a bastard

This one is probably older than most of the posters here, but it's still a great film--Network, starring Albert Finney. It's all about the news media and the lengths to which they will go to get ratings.

Another film--a bit pedantic, but I still liked it--that deals with the manufactured candidate is Bob Roberts, written by and starring Tim Robbins. It's certainly worth seeing.

Bang Bang You're Dead.
About violence/shooting in schools (plus a whole lot more).

I liked Elephant quite a bit, I suppose its topic was controversial.

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I liked Elephant quite a bit, I suppose its topic was controversial.
Did you? I wasn't impressed. It certainly deals with a controversial subject--high school violence--but it seemed to hit every possible cliche with jackhammer intensity. The self-loathing gay, neo-nazi teenager killers, the bulimic popular girls, the gay, sensitive photographer kid--after about twenty minutes I was just wondering which stereotype the director would pull out next. It got great reviews, but I never understood why.

Reefer Madness! That was a great bit wasted celluloid.

Midnight Express - drug smuggling in Turkey

Did you? I wasn't impressed. It certainly deals with a controversial subject--high school violence--but it seemed to hit every possible cliche with jackhammer intensity. The self-loathing gay, neo-nazi teenager killers, the bulimic popular girls, the gay, sensitive photographer kid--after about twenty minutes I was just wondering which stereotype the director would pull out next. It got great reviews, but I never understood why.

ditto - I thought Elephant was terrible

American History X - Neo Nazi-ism and modern racism.

Dr. Strangelove

also, Missing (with Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek)

and a great older classic...."Inherit the Wind" about the Scopes monkey trail in the 1920s

In the Name of The Father - Governmental abuse of anti-terrorism laws.


Surprising how that one maintains its relevance, hey?

Once were Warriors – A New Zealand Film addressing issues such as: Domestic violence, Rape, Alcohol abuse, and racism.

American History X - Neo Nazi-ism and modern racism.
I agree.

American History X - Neo Nazi-ism and modern racism.

DING DING DING

We have a winner

American History X - Neo Nazi-ism and modern racism.
Does it truly address racism, or just white racism?

Does it truly address racism, or just white racism?
It includes some racism of black people towards white people.

hmm, recently The Last Samurai - a military officer chooses between his nation's corrupt poltical objectives and his own conscience. Secondarily it addresses the issue as to whether or not Tom Cruise has any acting talent whatsoever.

Once were Warriors – A New Zealand Film addressing issues such as: Domestic violence, Rape, Alcohol abuse, and racism.

That is an absolutely amazing film.

Citizen Kane, for when it came out. Whooooo boy, was it controversial.

None of you mentioned the obvious choice.
Schindlers List, for the holocaust portrayal. Spielbergs only film in which he portrayed Jewish life. A must-see, it really made people understand the holocaust in the way that stories never could.

None of you mentioned the obvious choice.
Schindlers List, for the holocaust portrayal. Spielbergs only film in which he portrayed Jewish life. A must-see, it really made people understand the holocaust in the way that stories never could.
I thought it was tedious and superficial myself... Obvious is the word IMO. :rolleyes:

The Killing Fields
Apocalypse Now
Debbie Does Dallas

Controversy...To Kill a Mockingbird, Network & Crying Game are all good.The "Passion" caused a ruckus...but, for myself, attack! Here are three titles:"Gummo", "The Forbidden Zone w/ Elfman", & "Swimming to Cambodia" :)

A Clockwork Orange deals with some very deep questions-
Are human beings intrisically bad?
Is it better to be evil than to have no free will?
Is it justifiable to try and kill a killer?
Is it the government's duty to control behaviour?

A second thought- controversy? MidNight Cowboy, Last Tango in Paris, and...well I just don't "get it". Why is nudity/sex worse than violence in the judeo/christian culture?

A Clockwork Orange deals with some very deep questions-
Are human beings intrisically bad?
Is it better to be evil than to have no free will?
Is it justifiable to try and kill a killer?
Is it the government's duty to control behaviour?
videe this my droogy-thanks for bring up Clockwork, also Strangelove as issue.

That is an absolutely amazing film.

I concur.

I haven't seen many movies about controversial topics as much as the shows I watch that deal w/them . . .

Glenn or Glenda?-Cross-Dressing fun

Behind the Green Door-First mainstream adult film. Bless you Miss Chambers.

Can you call Minority Report contraversial?

Though I hated the movie itself, the controversy I picked up from it was the whole concept of 'Precrime' and basically how it is an rather large invasion of privacy, and then the whole 'slippery slope' argument of then the government becoming totalitarian

Snow white and the 7 dwarves.

Snow white and the 7 dwarves.
Are you listing Disney movies all 'coz of the "subliminal messages"?

American History X - Neo Nazi-ism and modern racism.Wonderful example. That was a top-notch film.

None of you mentioned the obvious choice.
Schindlers List, for the holocaust portrayal. Spielbergs only film in which he portrayed Jewish life. A must-see, it really made people understand the holocaust in the way that stories never could.

I liked Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful better.

Wonderful example. That was a top-notch film.
That movie really got to me, thats why I posted it.

(sorry, my apostrophe button is broken)

It,s my party - assisted suicides
Gattaca - Genetic engineering
The Handmaid,s tale - personal freedoms

And I completely agree with the choice of {In the name of the Father}...the fact that it is based on a real story, and it relevant in the shadow of Post-9/11...scary (Canadian examples: Mahar Arar, William Sampson, et al.)

The Celebration

A Lars von Trier film about a father who sexually abused his children when they were young and how one of his sons openly confronts him about it years later at the fathers birthday party in front of all the guests. It also deals with racism as well when one of the daughters arrives at the party with a black man and some of the guests openly voice their opinions about him the...but thats a minor part of the movie.

I liked Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful better.
Another terrific choice.

Glenn or Glenda?-Cross-Dressing fun

Behind the Green Door-First mainstream adult film. Bless you Miss Chambers.
btgd was so friggin boring though, it may have been the first mainstream porn film but it illustrated why porn can never really go mainstream. it exists to fascilitate masterbation, if that's not what you are using it for its always tedious amaturish badly acted crap.

None of you mentioned the obvious choice.
Schindlers List, for the holocaust portrayal. Spielbergs only film in which he portrayed Jewish life. A must-see, it really made people understand the holocaust in the way that stories never could.

Maybe, but it doesn't really show the whole story. For example how Schindler massively exploited the Jews by forcing them to work for him in return for helping them.

American History X - Neo Nazi-ism and modern racism.

One of the best films ever made. 'Nuff said.