tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post1817668310465887493..comments2024-03-09T07:19:46.311-05:00Comments on The Short Films Blog: Big BusinessMiddentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13829095129849712488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-59392312983417356512008-09-21T15:25:00.000-04:002008-09-21T15:25:00.000-04:00I love the way the mayhem in the film escalates fr...I love the way the mayhem in the film escalates from controlled tit-for-tat to absolutely uncontrolled -- indeed almost playfully exuberant (baseball with vase and shovel!) -- destruction. If the short in some way comments on the overabundance of the 1920s, it does so perhaps most tellingly in the way so much property is so available to be so wantonly destroyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-69512510457505355652008-09-21T14:55:00.000-04:002008-09-21T14:55:00.000-04:00I think it is interesting to reflect on the overal...I think it is interesting to reflect on the overall mood of the country at that time. The U.S. had enjoyed many years of high prosperity in the roaring 20’s and the financial markets were at an all time high. It was business as usual as we watch Laurel and Hardy try to sell Christmas trees in California. Indeed it was a time when perhaps anything seemed possible and everyone wanted in on it. Making money, greed and ‘Big Business’ was first and foremost on the mind of the everyman. Seemingly out of favor was the holiday spirit of giving, generosity and love thy neighbor. At a time of such prosperity it might seem that generosity would be abound, yet I argue that ‘Big Business’ makes a statement on humanity; and a lesson to remember. Just six months following the release of ‘Big Business’ Wall Street and investors worldwide suffered greatly – only to be followed by The Great Depression. I find it interesting to reflect upon given the news of the past week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com