Comments on: Threads http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/comment-page-1/#comment-95108 Brett Holman Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:27:48 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/#comment-95108 It is indeed very effective -- so effective that, nearly 2.5 years later, I still have no desire to see it again! It's the sort of film it's worth seeing precisely once. It is indeed very effective — so effective that, nearly 2.5 years later, I still have no desire to see it again! It’s the sort of film it’s worth seeing precisely once.

]]> By: simon http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/comment-page-1/#comment-95082 simon Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:51:07 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/#comment-95082 'harrowing' is the exact word for this film. i keep wanting to recommend this film to people because it is so well-made but then i stop myself because once you've seen it you can never un-see it and you may feel like that afterwards. when you see something this horrific depicted without sentimentality it is very powerful - but the makers understood that was the only way to present the material. 'like being punched in the stomach for 2hrs' - indeed ‘harrowing’ is the exact word for this film. i keep wanting to recommend this film to people because it is so well-made but then i stop myself because once you’ve seen it you can never un-see it and you may feel like that afterwards.

when you see something this horrific depicted without sentimentality it is very powerful – but the makers understood that was the only way to present the material. ‘like being punched in the stomach for 2hrs’ – indeed

]]> By: Airminded · Die Hard 0.0 http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/comment-page-1/#comment-55732 Airminded · Die Hard 0.0 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:59:19 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/08/30/threads/#comment-55732 [...] economy, public utilities, panic. These could almost be headings from my thesis! So just as Threads, for example, updated the knock-out blow for the nuclear age, Die Hard 4.0 updates it for the [...] [...] economy, public utilities, panic. These could almost be headings from my thesis! So just as Threads, for example, updated the knock-out blow for the nuclear age, Die Hard 4.0 updates it for the [...]

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