tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085002309189768633.post6877422138329498059..comments2023-07-12T05:02:04.427-07:00Comments on What's On NETFLIX Now?: Flashback: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVERDavid Speranzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07630648786758413634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085002309189768633.post-56896467459679881432014-01-30T22:36:32.230-08:002014-01-30T22:36:32.230-08:00"A young man dies trying to pretend that this..."A young man dies trying to pretend that this is not true, that he is acknowledged and recognized as a <br />human being in pain, that he is considered, when none of it is true. He is the film's sacrificial victim to<br />the lie of The Great Modern State"<br /><br />Bobby C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085002309189768633.post-90450538088083146602014-01-30T14:12:39.383-08:002014-01-30T14:12:39.383-08:001977. December. A low-budget Hollywood film is set...1977. December. A low-budget Hollywood film is set in a disco. It states simply and clearly: That which is essential is invisible to the eye. It says that American society is a masquerade, filled with cruelty, isolation, ignorance, and death.<br />It says that Christianity is filled with everything but the spiritual. It says that the superficial is raised to the highest value, and that the truly meaningful can find no place in the capitalist grid of diversion, distraction, and well-managed escapism. A young man dies trying to pretend that this not true, that he is<br />acknowledged, that he is recognized, that he is a human being in pain,, that he is considered, when none of this is true. He is the film's sacrificial victim to the lie of the Great Modern State<br /><br />It sells billions of records and tickets around the globe, and is percieved as either "fun" or "trivial". <br />It took over forty years for it earn it's rightful place as one of the most important works of art of the twentieth century.<br /><br />That's why you're dancing.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com