Posted by alex in Edgar Steele, movies, propaganda at 3:14 pm |

March 10, 2006
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My name is Edgar J. Steele. This is a Nickel Rant.
I just watched Crash, released on DVD this week. Let’s talk about it while it still is fresh in my mind.
First, Crash is a very well-made movie, if a little disjointed because of the many separate stories it tells, only some of which intersect, usually surprisingly. Second, Crash is one of the most effective pieces of propaganda I ever have seen, including that dished up on a daily basis by America’s current regime. Propaganda? Where? I can hear the questions welling up out there already.
