A PRETTY GREAT MOVIE? What’s odd about Reihan Salam’s review of the Gandhi DVD is that he doesn’t conclude that it’s a pretty great movie; he says that the first 45 minutes are very good, that the rest isn’t very good, and then tries to explain why 2/3rds of the movie is unwatchable. It’s a pretty interesting article, but he never supports the assertion that Sam quotes. As an aside, the film glides over a lot of the violence associated with India’s participation in World War II, including most notably the development of the Japanese-supported Indian National Army.

Myself, I prefer Michael Collins, which is pretty much just Gandhi without the pesky non-violence.

–Robert Farley

Robert Farley is an assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky. He contributes to the blogs Lawyers, Guns, and Money and TAPPED.