Matthew Winant - Blog #15 (5/8/09)

So for my last blog I get to tell you about the film Syriana, where the conflict between politics and religion rages. The political thriller focuses on the connectivity of multiple characters, as was the fad for films like Crash and Babel. While Christianity is not explicitly mentioned, it is assumed that there is in the film the deep rooted conflict between Christianity and the West against Islam in the East. The Islamic sect in the film is viewed as all terrorists, and the leadership of the sect prays on the needy members of the Islamic culture. This is the unfortunate view of Islam through the eyes of the Western culture and I was displeased with the films portrayal of the situation.