alexander solzhenitsyn (NP)

[Sean Mannion]

"making points by relying on musical soundbytes (or at least appearing
to simply by including them) is really weak."


It's been a while since I watched that documentary, but I have no idea what 
you're talking about.
I can't think of one instance in any of the three parts of 'The Power of 
Nightmares' where the incidental music is relied upon for anything other 
than subordinate background effect.


>From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>To: p-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: alexander solzhenitsyn (NP)
>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:10:57 -0400
>
>oh, and regarding the documentary...  man, I hate all that dramatic
>music.  You could make the most potent documentary ever but with that
>overly sappy dramatic music it just knocks it down ten notches...
>making points by relying on musical soundbytes (or at least appearing
>to simply by including them) is really weak.  I think the
>anti-Schindler's List faction would have something to say about that.
>That said, I love the intro to the program, it's just so darn FUN.
>
>On 6/29/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>>http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares
>>
>>What do you all think of Alexander Solzhenitsyn?  I have only read a
>>few pages of The Gulag Archipelago...  and then I was watching the
>>documentary from the above link which mainly deals with showing the
>>growth of neo-conservatism compared with extremist islamic violence
>>that we're faced with currently (I'm not saying it hasn't been around
>>for awhile, for the record).  But in the first segment they show a
>>clip of Solzhenitsyn that seems to portray him as someone somewhat
>>mis-led and with incorrect ideals.  Then again, they seem to portray
>>Nixon and Kissinger as honorable men with honorable ideals.  I'm no
>>Nixon expert, I could be wrong, but everything that crosses my radar
>>seems to indicate the exact opposite, so, as with anything, grain of
>>salt.
>>
>>Interested to hear what you have to say about Solzhenitsyn, however.
>>I've heard he's made many exagerations in Gulag Archipelago but many
>>seem to think his heart, at least, was in the right place.  What do
>>you think?
>>
>>I think this somewhat falls into the Pynchonian world view, apologies
>>if it's not appropriate for the list.
>>