Monday, November 27, 2006

So I saw this amazing movie a few days ago. It was called "Arguing the World" and its a 1997 documentary, I think it aired on PBS. It's about 4 New York intellectuals, Irving Howe, Irving Kristol, Nathan Glazar and Daniel Bell, who all started on the Trotskyist, anti-Stalinist left, and all moved in different directions. The problem with the film? All four of these guys are Jewish, yet this fact is sort of glossed over. It is mentioned, but minimally. The Holocaust, anti-Semitism (from Stalin, Black Nationalists after 1967, etc) as well as Israel are all barely mentioned at all. That is too bad.Still, it's a great fiilm that I recommend to all.

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