Time capsule of a film about activism in the late 60s.
It's interesting and the acting from all the main players is well done.
The story is told in matter of fact fashion such that it wouldn't sway a person with a particular political leaning one way or the other. It illuminates a time when a group of "leftists" resorted to violence to apparently achieve their goals. Violence by definition is not the way of the left, and any self respecting intelligent progressive would denounce those actions and disassociate from it. Spacek's character advocates for democracy, equality and justice. She's on the "right" side of things there. Then it's her passion that leads her too far, thus becoming a "left wing" terrorist. I contend that you've walked away from the left when you commit first strike offensive terrorism. Terrorism is by definition a right wing act.
The US right wing gets all up in arms when you explain this, but it's just projection, as we see the ends to which their belief system leads every day, not fairly isolated incidents.
The movie is more interesting than it is entertaining, and it's always good to view the San Francisco of past days in movies. Imagine innocent times when the Weather Underground was your worst fear, when considering Oklahoma City, 911, Charleston, January 6th.
Violence will never end violence..
It's interesting and the acting from all the main players is well done.
The story is told in matter of fact fashion such that it wouldn't sway a person with a particular political leaning one way or the other. It illuminates a time when a group of "leftists" resorted to violence to apparently achieve their goals. Violence by definition is not the way of the left, and any self respecting intelligent progressive would denounce those actions and disassociate from it. Spacek's character advocates for democracy, equality and justice. She's on the "right" side of things there. Then it's her passion that leads her too far, thus becoming a "left wing" terrorist. I contend that you've walked away from the left when you commit first strike offensive terrorism. Terrorism is by definition a right wing act.
The US right wing gets all up in arms when you explain this, but it's just projection, as we see the ends to which their belief system leads every day, not fairly isolated incidents.
The movie is more interesting than it is entertaining, and it's always good to view the San Francisco of past days in movies. Imagine innocent times when the Weather Underground was your worst fear, when considering Oklahoma City, 911, Charleston, January 6th.
Violence will never end violence..