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Originally Posted by Jan Mbali
Are youngsters today getting that international cultural exposure? I have not seen any evidence in South Africa, although it should be a part of any good school's curriculum. A rich source of the kind of knowledge, thought and emotion that feeds humanism.
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In America, the problem is abundance without guidance. There are so many films and so many outlets for them (cable, DVD, the ubiquitous Netflix account), but very little to guide people, young or old, to classics of international cinema. And young people being young people, are easily put off by subtitles and even black and white cinematography. Elsewhere, a chum (my good friend I call Mr. Benchley here) and I have started a sort of "film of the month" discussion to try to enlighten those that are interested. I had to compare "The Wages of Fear" to "Star Wars" to entreat people to participate, but it was worthwhile.