tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post8091223646195103713..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Perspectives and MilestonesLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-49581029967441166592015-04-27T02:37:12.342-04:002015-04-27T02:37:12.342-04:00Hey pblfsda, I had a look - will expand on the vid...Hey pblfsda, I had a look - will expand on the video you suggested later!LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-59024417292249103012015-04-12T16:35:02.847-04:002015-04-12T16:35:02.847-04:00Thanks for the links, pblfsda, I will watch and re...Thanks for the links, pblfsda, I will watch and respond.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-81116675305866802122015-04-10T21:19:29.522-04:002015-04-10T21:19:29.522-04:00Here's one print:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...Here's one print:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzqOzH1__8Y<br /><br />There are others, including a matched pair of halves (each less than a half-hour for more convenient scheduling): <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM0JOmCF9X8<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZYhurmtinQ<br /><br />which, frankly, are a sharper print than the first one. This one is another full-length edit and I think better than the first as well:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW1bxwDT4FA<br /><br /><br /><br />pblfsdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471473189061385119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-22579436580890642272015-04-08T20:22:22.792-04:002015-04-08T20:22:22.792-04:00If you find it, pblfsda, please provide the link, ...If you find it, pblfsda, please provide the link, I'd like to watch it and perhaps comment further.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-83234756866944079122015-04-08T19:38:14.347-04:002015-04-08T19:38:14.347-04:00While I was reading the paragraph above describing...While I was reading the paragraph above describing totalitarian societies created from the ground up, I immediately flashed back to the 1968 film "The Candidate". It's only about an hour long, so it doesn't make the rounds much. I originally sought it out because I've been a Pink Floyd fan for years and had known since the eighties that they contributed to the soundtrack, but had never been able to catch it on avant garde cable channels or at art house theaters or video rental stores. Of course, I eventually found it on YouTube (which seems to have replaced all three of those outlets). It's sort of an anti-Kafka story, in which a young man finds himself at a retreat hosted by a shadowy organization interested in possibly benefitting him in some way that may ultimately be at a cost to others. It raises a moral question: if most people leave themselves susceptible to unscrupulous leaders, do we have a greater responsibility to destroy that susceptibility or to exploit it to prevent someone worse from taking control? Or would being in control simply make us worse? I'm going to have to rewatch it now, because I can't remember how it ends (obliquely, probably; it's a 1968 independent art film).pblfsdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471473189061385119noreply@blogger.com