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pavement27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."- Quote from Hellen Kellar...Might shed some more light on the necessity of evil...
pavement27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't know. But I would say yes. Bad weather isn't enough...If you get my drift. Not just weather. But all those other non human perfections. They don't add up to enough dark. So maybe human evil is necessary. Though I do wish it wasn't.
MyName42 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The question is, is human evil necessary? Or just the general imperfections and difficulties of the world?
pavement27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't know. But it is the best argument. I don't think good breeds stupidity or naivety. But there needs to be good and evil to make advancement though. You need to feel the darkness and pain of just how bad things can be in order to WANT to make a difference. If things are good than what is there to change. Or if everything seems perfect than what could you change. I don't know. But I do believe that evil and good are both necissary for society and mankind. For day their must be night.
MyName42 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Is evil actually necessary for advancement? That is certainly what Harry argues, but I don't know that he is correct. I don't want to believe that "good" breeds weakness and naivety.
But it makes you think, doesn't it?
surfhunter2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I wonder where Graham Greene nicked this from?
veronicadredd22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
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Atreus21 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's remarkable to look at this and then look at Touch of Evil. You can't help but feel bad for Welles, since he got so big.
HenryConway007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A wonderful critique of realpolitik in all its callousness and evil.
kraigus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its amazing.
especially for a project on this movie. |
