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Is "Conan" One Of The Best Movies Ever ?
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34J.935
Jun 24, 2023, 1:43:25 AM6/24/23
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Is "Conan The Barbarian" one of the best movies
ever made ???
It is chocked-full of "Jungian Archetypes", but
scaled-down to the practical, human, level.
It's treatment of personality-cult leaders,
aptly represented by James Earl Jones, is
almost prophetic at this point - left,
right, whatever.
It's a simple movie, little "flash" or even
attempt at "seeming relevant" - yet it IS
relevant and instructive. A very "human"
film. Today's seeming complexities projected
on a simpler time.
I especially liked the short dialogue
about gods/religions. We can see how
"omnipotent" gods evolved there.
Sometimes films are different than they
SEEM on the surface.
ever made ???
It is chocked-full of "Jungian Archetypes", but
scaled-down to the practical, human, level.
It's treatment of personality-cult leaders,
aptly represented by James Earl Jones, is
almost prophetic at this point - left,
right, whatever.
It's a simple movie, little "flash" or even
attempt at "seeming relevant" - yet it IS
relevant and instructive. A very "human"
film. Today's seeming complexities projected
on a simpler time.
I especially liked the short dialogue
about gods/religions. We can see how
"omnipotent" gods evolved there.
Sometimes films are different than they
SEEM on the surface.
Johnny
Jun 24, 2023, 8:50:06 AM6/24/23
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to all the Conan series books by Robert E. Howard.
You can find them here:
https://librivox.org/author/937?primary_key=937&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
There are some other books mixed in, but most are about Conan.
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