But it is most of all Stroheim who rejects photographic expressionism and the tricks of montage. In his films reality lays itself bare like a suspect confessing under the relentless examination of the commissioner of police. He has one simple rule for direction. Take a close look at the world, keep on doing so, and in the end it will lay bare for you all its cruelty and its ugliness. One could easily imagine as a matter of fact a film by Stroheim composed of a single shot as long-lasting and as close-up as you like. - Andre Bazin, What is Cinema?
The finale shows how the characters are selfish assholes; it was an indictment of the people who sided with the characters' myopic narcissism. One can interpret the show, and the finale, as kind of a misanthropic comedy, equally critical of the protagonist's and the minor character's selfishness.
You are never going to finish this list! There must be one million movies with bad guys as main characters. That´s why I limited mine only to TV shows and criminals.
Great work though!
Thanks for mentioning my list up there!
Blondie is an anti-hero, but he's still a bad guy to me because he killed Tuco.
Everyone in Seinfeld are over-senstive pricks, so the ending could be making fun of moralism, instead of an indictment of the characters and the audience.
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Great work though!
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Trust me, it's the exact opposite of everything you and I value in cinema
As for Seinfeld, I always thought the point of the finale was that everyone they've come in contact with were over-sensitive pricks...
Cool list though.
Everyone in Seinfeld are over-senstive pricks, so the ending could be making fun of moralism, instead of an indictment of the characters and the audience.
Thanks for the feedback.