Noam Chomsky is reputed as we all know to be the most famous living intellectual on the planet. He is the author of many hundreds of books, pamphlets and articles which have reached critical acclaim and the bestseller's list the world over. Now he offers an absolute stinging review of the blockbuster movie American Sniper. Not from the standpoint of a movie reviewer offering a cinematic critique but rather in quintessential Noam Chomsky fashion in playing his strong suit of the intellectual. He offers a stinging critique of the subject matter of the movie itself that is so well thought out, penetrating and indeed riveting that it deserves and indeed commands our attention and close thoughtful review which ought best to give us as his progressive audience serious pause to think. In terms of a seemingly national sycophant type national fervor for everything that wraps itself in the flag.
His penetrating insights, sharp wit and classic command of the English language in broad brush strokes paints a picture that is disturbing, insightful and quintessential vintage Noam Chomsky which you're sure to appreciate and remember as Noam Chomsky never fails to impress, educate and indict that which is immoral, indefensible and unAmerican.
Noam Chomsky: ‘American Sniper’ teaches you to hate the ‘damn savages’ the US murders every day
Scott Kaufman
26 Jan 2015 at 10:17 ET
After admitting that he had not seen the film, only read numerous reviews, Chomsky noted that The New Yorker “said it was great, kept to the cinematic values, said it was well done — but there were others who found it appalling, including [Newsweek's] Jeff Stein, a former US intelligence officer who wrote a very critical review, keeping to the content.”
Stein recalled a visit he had made to a “clubhouse for snipers, where to quote him, ‘the barroom walls featured white-on-black Nazi SS insignia, and other Wehrmacht regalia. The Marine shooters clearly identified with the marksmen of the world’s most infamous killing machine, rather than regular troops.”
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Isn't it time we look for solutions to America's political problems in the world outside of the US military. Certainly war and violence can't be the answer to everything and the glorification of war can't be the answer to anything, nor can its celebration in movies like this.
Honestly I wasn't interested in seeing this movie in the first place. After listening to Prof. Chomsky's review it's difficult to believe it would be a good use of our time or money to support such an undertaking.
Personally the movie I want to see is Selma. That is the kind of movie I want to support. Thank you for mentioning Selma, Prof. Chomsky. I will definitely go see it.