2. So, "Hail, Caesar!" has been getting positive reviews but subtly dismissive ones. General line: it's frothy, lightweight Coen movie
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3. Typical review of "Hail, Caesar!": “lark,” a “mash note,” a “doodle in the Coen canon” that’s “pure popcorn fun.”
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4. The great exception is
@annehelen, whose review gets at the depth & complexity of movie:http://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/how-the-coens-tricked-you#.jwl49XGdo4 …5 replies 15 retweets 67 likes -
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5. Building on
@annehelen: "Hail, Caesar!" is about Hollywood is great meaning-giving rival to religion (Catholicism) & politics (Marxism)2 replies 6 retweets 19 likes -
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6. "Hail, Caesar!" is both a tribute to splendour of Golden Age Hollywood films & a critique of the studio system that created those films
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7. Film is built around a series of suggestive parallels between film industry, Catholic church & Marxist-Leninism.
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8. All three systems (Hollywood, Church, Marxist-Leninism) provide a utopian vision that helps characters find solace in troubled world.
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@VS_Napalm Well, no, as with Marcuse (referenced in movie) and Jameson, I see Marxism as having utopian element.
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