tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13156009.post186937959435890175..comments2024-01-14T00:37:36.914-08:00Comments on Shikow: Gibson Against the Hollywood MachinePirooz M. Kalayehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711464117933514834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13156009.post-21243906930645480322008-08-04T04:51:00.000-07:002008-08-04T04:51:00.000-07:00Actually, there is a very simple common theme in a...Actually, there is a very simple common theme in all of those films. All of his choices are based on his admiration for people who face injustice and despite that manage to 'overcome'; manage to make a new beginning, manage to hang on to or regain their love in the end, manage to overcome injustice etc.<BR/><BR/>And as far as comment one is concerned: Get your facts right before you judge. Facts are the fabric reality is made of, when they don't matter truth doesn't really matter. About every sentence you write contains a mistake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13156009.post-22485246116110372492008-08-03T21:37:00.000-07:002008-08-03T21:37:00.000-07:00Gibson has a LOT of PR cleanup to do if he still w...Gibson has a LOT of PR cleanup to do if he still wants a career as a director. His last known appearance in the news left us with him being stopped on a drunk-driving binge, calling a female cop "sugar tits" and and asking the cops if "the jews" set him up. His father is a religous conspiracy theorist who believes the holocaust never happened.<BR/><BR/>And he quite obviously has a torture fetish, noting that his heros invariably get tortured in every movie he's done.<BR/><BR/>Doing a biopic on a Baha'i matryr kills two birds with one stone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com