Calder, What I've Learned

5 Things I learned about film.
1. I learned that mise en scene is an important tool in analyzing scenes in film.
2. I learned what a rhyming element is.
3. I learned to watch for small details that the director puts in.
4. I learned what a McGuffin was.
5. I learned about the importance of the music in a film.

5 Things I learned about politics in America.
1. I learned that political sex scandals will always get more attention than actual issues.
2. I learned that we now have little to no privacy.
3. I learned that even stoner comedies can have a political message.
4. I learned that the media is now owned by giant corporations.
5. I learned that we send prisoners to foreign countries, where they will be tortured.

I learned that film in America is strongly shaped by the popular political attitude. Even if it is not the most popular view, very few movies say anything that is not already an opinion by a large part of the public. In contrast Good, a European film, asks hard questions about the individuals responsibility in an unjust system. Unlike American films with similar themes, Good shows no punishment for someone implicit in crime.