I haven't seen
The Incredibles yet, but when I do I'll be parsing its politics like some sort of
Frankfurt School flunky because of a number of conversations I've been drawn into recently about the film. My brother calls it the best animated movie he's seen, but at my Gotham Awards table the other night, a publicist and editor attacked it for what they read as its regressive politics.
For a sort of
Incredibles study guide, check out this
piece in The Guardian's newsblog that deftly summarizes the various critiques of Brad Bird's Pixar creation. The piece begins by evoking Nietzsche ("
The Incredibles is the story of how the egalitarian drive in modern America killed off the superhero. It's a passionate and politically incorrect plea for truth, justice and the Nietzschean way," writes Cosmo Landesman in
The Sunday Times), moves through Ayn Rand, who is namechecked by the
New York Times's A.O.Scott, before Richard Goldstein in
Times and Seasons reaches back and finds the film's philosophies as stemming from the writings of
Thomas Hobbes.
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 12/08/2004 01:01:00 AM
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How wonderful it is! Today, I had seen the film - "The Incredibles" this afternoon, my father also had seen this film in this evening. This cartoon movie is powered by Disney-Pixar.
In this film, I love the people's sensation, scene, bugbears. The scene is so sublime.
With the great imagination.
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posted by Creford @ 3/21/2005 7:59 AM
