Robert Redford: "'We have lost so much..."

[Cetacea]

Redford talks about his new film, "Lions for Lambs":

http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSL2314072920071024

[orleans]

1. i'm looking forward to seeing this.

"Our country has hit a point where we have lost so much -- we have lost lives, we have lost sacred freedoms, we have lost financial stability, we've lost our position of respect on the world stage."

"For me the film is about the effect and the consequences of the last several years in my country and how that plays out in the area of the media, education and politics," he told reporters.

--from your link

and another snip:

"Redford, who famously played alongside Dustin Hoffman as one of the two journalists who uncovered the Watergate scandal, said that U.S. media had largely bought the government's line after the September 11 attacks without too much questioning.

"But he said that it was America's young people who had the most vital role to play to change things.

"Young people have to take command of their voice. Are they going to become active politically or are they going to move away from it because they are disgusted, disillusioned and they don't respect it because there is no morality and leadership?

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good luck to that. maybe if these young people could get off their cell phones, drag themselves away from the mall and their wardrobes and mirrors, and lift their head up from their self-preoccupation...

and by young i guess i mean those 17/18 - twenty somethings.

at least, that's what i'm seeing a lot of around my neck of the woods.

a lack of social conscience, a lack of concern for the greater good.