It's a bad movie and because it copy and pastes some serious grains of truth ( the guy lives in a cave with all the old art and forbidden histories that otherwise would be used to paint him as a demonic fascist sympathizer in the real world ). Doesn't make it the truth.
When I watched it as a kid it made me cry and angry. I wasn't ready to process the information safely. It could have been so much better. But it was one of the Wakouskis (did I spell that right) earlier speils. And they were kinda just doing a propoganda piece for their communities against 'fascism' which is what they were indoctrinated to do as children. That'll get me in real trouble if you think I hate them. I appreciate them, and this movie. It's just a critical analysis. I use parentheses to illustrate internal thoughts, opinions or beliefs.
If they remade it, I would very much like to see the new version, but I think a remake by someone else would be silly. *edit*
There ARE elements to it that are very good, in the way it was shot, in what the crew did to help it along. But it hurts to watch.
Kind of like Metropolis didn't age well. It's no longer the 90s and the NWO isn't the same NWO we grew up with that is going to burn every single gay. Publicly. As a demonstration and bloodsport.
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