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Robert Nozick [a Havard Philosopher, Famous For His Book "anarchy, State And Utopia"] Defined Revenge As Delivering The Message That You Know What Someone Has Done, And It Doesn't Involve Hurting Them Or Doing Anything To Them Beyond That. It's Just Delivering The Message That Their Crime Has Been Noted Not Just By Its Victims, Because The Victim Might Be Dead, But By Another Who Has A Different Moral View And Will Challenge The Perpetrator's View.

There's This Crazy Thinking That Style Guarantees Truth. You Go Out With A Hand-held Camera, Use Available Light, And Somehow The Truth Emerges.

Nothing Is So Obvious That It's Obvious.

It Was Assumed That You Can't Touch Evangelical Christians. "oh, They're The Republican Right. Stay Away From Those People. Don't Even Try To Talk To Them." Well, What's Interesting Is That There Were Evangelical Christians Who Were Voting For Kerry. There Were Right-to-lifers Who Were Voting For Kerry. And It's Interesting To Listen To The Reasons Why. To Ignore That Segment Of The Electorate Is Moronic. Particularly If You Don't Know Who Those People Are, Or What Their Concerns Are.

I Believe We Have Two Ideas About How Movies Are Made In Our Heads. Idealizations. Platonic Ideals. One Of Them Is Of A Movie That Is Completely Uncontrolled, And Another Is A Movie That Is Completely Controlled. The Auteur Theory Vs. Cinéma Vérité.