Word: realism
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...lifelong effort of rural man as a part of nature and as a portion of eternity-is one of the grandest there is, and has inspired a long creative tradition. In that great line, Farrebique deals with its theme in terms which the theme cries out for-absolute realism...
...This realism is as distinct from the stodgy realism of "documentaries" as the poetry which it breeds is distinct from the sickly prettiness of most "art" movies. The film treats nature as purely and honorably as it treats man. There is no elaborate composing, no fancy work with filters or soft focus, no picturesqueness: the camera merely accepts and sensitively records the more than sufficient beauty of the world it sees. For unadorned, undoctored beauty, immediacy and sensuous abundance, the film is unique...
...even dared to picture nudes in contemporary settings. Napoleon III himself pronounced Manet's Déjeuner sur I'Herbe (see cut) a threat to public morals. Public disgust was summed up in one word-a word delivered with the sneers reserved for "abstractionism" today-"realism...
...Manet grew older his realism began to seem acceptable, compared with the wilder menace of "impressionism." Manet refused to exhibit with the sunburned young landscapists, yet his defeats paved the way for their triumphs. Manet ended by cutting quite a swath in the Paris art world; the elegant prophet of painted light at last received an award he craved: the Cross of the Legion of Honor...
What democracy needs is faith in herself-faith to combat fanaticism, and a dialectic realism to combat dialectic materialism. Historical and evolutionary trends, in the long view, are on the side of freedom and the brotherhood of man, as against regimentation and the comradery of the Politburo...