Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Triumph of the Will," says Riefenstahl, is an artistic and not a political film; a documentary and not a propaganda film. Art, she says, is entirely separate from politics, and an artist is in no way responsible for the effect that his or her work has in its political context...
However, Riefenstahl's conviction that an artist has no political responsibility for his or her art will strike most viewers as naive at best, and disingenuous at worst. And the idea that "Triumph of the Will" is not propaganda is just plain impossible to take seriously. Riefenstahl defends herself by saying she was hired by Hitler as an artist to make an artistic film, not a political...
Chung then goes on about how the new government will use propaganda to get the Quebecers to adhere to the separatist idea. He ends by writing: "[The PQ's] hope is that Quebecers won't catch on to their plan, will be manipulated by their propaganda and will be catapulted into economic and political disarray so that Parizeau can get his face painted on a 20-franc bill...
...They have tried to reconcile their idea of a country with the rest of Canada. They are part of a democracy, and they believe in democracy. Finally, it is certain that the leaders of the federalist, opposition will be there during the referendum campaign to answer the PQ's "propaganda" with their own "propaganda" on what is best for Quebec...
These questions seem almost immaterial to Parizeau and to the PQ. Their hope is that Quebecers won't catch on to their plan, will be by their propaganda, and will be catapulted into economic, end political disarray so that Parizeau can get his face painted on a 20-franc bill...