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Reality as a satire
Public relations should not control a country. Lobbyists should not control a country. Stupid people should not control a country. Joe Dante should make more films. "The Second Civil War" is the most poignant political satire of the nineties, and is a shame that has dissapeared from public scrutiny (no conspiracy theories here!). If some plot points on the film seem to predict facts that happened after 1997, it is because the basis for those occurrences were widely known from before. Basically, Dante says that letting politicians, bussinessman and the media to run things based in petty interests could bring to a turning point in which bad decisions produce catastrophes. Not-so-subtle points about immigrants (white americans) telling other immigrants (non-white americans) what they can do with their asses are a central part of the text, and show to us that the defense of some supposed "American Culture" that doesn't exist is only a ploy to reach other objectives. The film is also very appropiate for the Israel were I live, at only two weeks from the historic disengagement from the Gaza strip. With a cast and a director like that, not many things can go wrong. The only thing not right with this film is that not many people has seen it.

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Welcome to the Human Race.
In the near future, a planeload of immigrant orphans are on their way to a charity facility in Idaho when the Governor of the state closes its borders and refuses them entry. This sparks a division of military forces, between states government's National Guard and federal government's Army, each hell bent on protecting their own version of the American Dream, as well as their media images. At the center of this Constitutional storm is a President unable to make a decision without checking with his advisors and referencing one of his predecessors, a Governor more interested in liasons with his immigrant news reporter mistress than dealing with immigration laws, a newsroom where facts and truth balance with viewer shares, and a TV audience more interested in their favorite daytime soap opera. The Great American Melting Pot is about to uncivilly boil over. <
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>This HBO black comedy is an excellent mix of political and news media parody, race relations satire, and morality tale. Wonderfully quirky, and sometimes deeply meaningful, dialogue. Characters run the gamut from dignified to loony. Performances from a large cast are all vibrant and spot on. A movie gem. <
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>Favorite Line(s): "Can't make an omelet without busting some sacred eggs. We're making history here and you ain't with us, are you?" "No I'm not." "You should be. Why not?" "Maybe because I'm a reporter, I ain't with anybody. Maybe because too many sacred eggs are getting busted. See, I rode the buses back in the 60s to bring people together. Pretty unfashionable now, isn't it?" "Your wife, she's Jewish, ain't she?" "You know, I forgot what she is, all I remember is that we met on the back of a bus." <
>"I'm trying to remember the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. I said it a million times when I was a kid. Right now I can't seem to remember the words."

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Awsome movie!
Directed by Joe Dante this brilliant black humor comedy satirizes everything, from racism, to imigration, religion, politics and the power of the media. In a near future, the governor of Idaho(Beau Briges) decides to close his state borders to protect the "american way of life", more precisely his own. The situation turns into a circus when a plane of pakistani refuges fleeing from a nuclear war tries to land in Idaho. And so starts this big mess that might lead to civil war. As the story progresses we see it from various points of view like the news network triyng to explore the situation for higher viewings rates, the imconpetent president and his advisors and governor Farley that sees himself in a situation where there is no turning back. Great performances from James Earl Jones and James Coburn.