Comments on: TV: Human Trafficking http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/25/tv-human-trafficking/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 19:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/25/tv-human-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-114999 Eszter Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:07:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3979#comment-114999 I said "from the movie", which was referring to the character played by Donald Sutherland, whose name I could not recall and info that didn't seem particularly relevant. Perhaps it was not clear that I was referring to a fictional character, but given that it's not a documentary I figured people would understand. It's fine to critique, but it would be more helpful if you could point to alternatives that you think do a better job. I said “from the movie”, which was referring to the character played by Donald Sutherland, whose name I could not recall and info that didn’t seem particularly relevant. Perhaps it was not clear that I was referring to a fictional character, but given that it’s not a documentary I figured people would understand.

It’s fine to critique, but it would be more helpful if you could point to alternatives that you think do a better job.

]]> By: carabinieri http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/25/tv-human-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-114922 carabinieri Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:02:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3979#comment-114922 <i>The NYTimes quotes an immigration and customs official...</i> that would've been donald sutherland :D <i>The movie is well done in many ways...</i> oh, i dunno about "well done;" cheesy, sordid and melodramatic maybe in that tv-movie-miniseries-of-the-week kinda way (and yet i have to admit oddly compelling, esp the fake e.european accents!) all in all it suffers from <a href="http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2005/10/message_movies.shtml" rel="nofollow">message movies redux</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/movies/11cann.html?ex=1286683200&en=d18e8d8a8387a597&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" rel="nofollow">the trouble with films that try to think</a>, i.e. it may call attention to an issue that deserves to be more widely disseminated in the public's collective consciousness/conscience, but i wouldn't mistake/substitute it for actual knowledge about the situation, much less elevate it to some kind of artistic/political statement of consequence (roots?). at best i'd characterize it as an educational dramatization. The NYTimes quotes an immigration and customs official…

that would’ve been donald sutherland :D

The movie is well done in many ways…

oh, i dunno about “well done;” cheesy, sordid and melodramatic maybe in that tv-movie-miniseries-of-the-week kinda way (and yet i have to admit oddly compelling, esp the fake e.european accents!)

all in all it suffers from message movies redux and the trouble with films that try to think, i.e. it may call attention to an issue that deserves to be more widely disseminated in the public’s collective consciousness/conscience, but i wouldn’t mistake/substitute it for actual knowledge about the situation, much less elevate it to some kind of artistic/political statement of consequence (roots?). at best i’d characterize it as an educational dramatization.

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