It figures.Certain right-wingers and Republicans are calling uber-filmmaker James Cameron "anti American". Makes sense, eh? He is a Canadian by birth. And he sure sounds Canadian.
He was thinking of applying for his U.S. citizenship -- while still maintaining his Canadian one -- until George W. Bush got back into office. So the story goes, Cameron decided not to submit his paperwork.
In that new major motion picture, Avatar, which I have not seen, there are elements which some Republican-Americans see as proof that James Cameron should be sent back home. The U.S. is painted not in the best light. (I understand that the director-scriptwriter is making a greater and more complex argument. Don't expect everyone to understand this.)
However, this does not make the man anti-American. First of all, he has admitted publicly that he loves the machinery of the Hollywood filmmaking system and the American attribute of taking risks. He thinks it's in his Canadian DNA.
I know what he is saying... I'm convinced I'm in the wrong place: Canada. As much as I love this country, uber-conservatism pervades the filmic arts. I am forever amazed at how so many filmmakers here "low-ball" their own efforts. Guys like Guy Maddin, Vincenzo Natali, and David Cronenberg, of course, are exempted. And yet another aspiring filmmaker in this town (Toronto) sets forth to make a film about kids in conflict with their parents, or pontificate about sexual orientation...
Back to how much James Cameron hates America (sorry, I have not yet downloaded the new "sarcasm" punctuation mark)...
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/01/15/12481171-qmi.html
2 comments:
"Dances with Wolves in space"?! Enough is enough! Let's make some real American God-fearing movies the right way!
Settler: Excuse me, but God said we can have this land.
Native: Ugh! Me scalpum!
Settler: Ow. Oh look, cavalry!
Remember, 500 westerns can't be wrong.
Very good!
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