Comments on: Books as Substitution for Television http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/15/books-as-substitution-for-television/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/15/books-as-substitution-for-television/#comment-18657 Dan Klarmann Mon, 19 May 2008 16:30:10 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2594#comment-18657 I see the original response was shortened and contextualized. Less paste and more link. Much better. I too sometimes substitute movies for the escapist cravings of media withdrawal. I see the original response was shortened and contextualized. Less paste and more link. Much better. I too sometimes substitute movies for the escapist cravings of media withdrawal.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/15/books-as-substitution-for-television/#comment-18655 Ben Mon, 19 May 2008 13:55:55 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2594#comment-18655 Does watching a movie (made from book) count as TV? Does watching a movie (made from book) count as TV?

]]> By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/15/books-as-substitution-for-television/#comment-18620 Dan Klarmann Sun, 18 May 2008 02:21:24 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2594#comment-18620 Why is Ben pasting a WWII themed film synopsis on this post? Why is Ben pasting a WWII themed film synopsis on this post?

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/15/books-as-substitution-for-television/#comment-18578 Ben Fri, 16 May 2008 18:45:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2594#comment-18578 Here is a movie which I recommend: "The Counterfeiters" http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/ Its about WWII and takes place in a concentration camp, about a skilled counterfeiter who is "forced" to do bidding for the Nazis. it won the oscar for best foreign language film. http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/movies/22coun.html "In exchange for their labor Saloman and his colleagues are given extraordinary privileges: civilian clothing, weekly showers, sheets and pillows on their beds. And this fragile good fortune provides “The Counterfeiters” with its ethical center of gravity. The questions Mr. Ruzowitzky poses are both stark and complicated. How much cooperation with evil is justified in the name of survival? How can the imperative to stay alive compete with the obligations to help others, and to oppose injustice?" Here is a movie which I recommend:

“The Counterfeiters”
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/

Its about WWII and takes place in a concentration camp, about a skilled counterfeiter who is “forced” to do bidding for the Nazis. it won the oscar for best foreign language film.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/movies/22coun.html

“In exchange for their labor Saloman and his colleagues are given extraordinary privileges: civilian clothing, weekly showers, sheets and pillows on their beds. And this fragile good fortune provides “The Counterfeiters” with its ethical center of gravity. The questions Mr. Ruzowitzky poses are both stark and complicated. How much cooperation with evil is justified in the name of survival? How can the imperative to stay alive compete with the obligations to help others, and to oppose injustice?”

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