So will these films stop if Obama wins?

Here’s an interesting juxtaposition.

Sen. Barack Obama is the runaway frontrunner right now as the candidate of positive vision and hope, representing victory over the evils of racism. Among his vast numbers of supporters are a lot of cultural establishment, like the Hollywood elite, who make clear their vision of America through their arts.

And yet, at the Oscars a couple of days ago, look at what they awarded the highest honors.

Commenting on the latest Oscars awards, the Vatican daily L’ Osservatore Romano said in an opinion column that the most awarded movies portray the image of a hopeless America.

The article, written by Gaetano Vallini, says that the awards night was dominated by two visions of evil, two instances of using images to portray evil.

“On one side, the story of perdition, described by Paul Thomas Anderson in ‘There Will Be Blood,’ on the other, a contemporary Western, with a modern incarnation of evil, ‘No Country for Old Men,’ produced by Joel and Ethan Coen,” each one of them receiving eight nominations.

L’Osservatore says that, aside from the awards given to these two films, Hollywood has been dominated this year “by dark films, filled with violence but mainly with hopelessness.”

So, if Obama wins, will Hollywood start cheering up? What will their vision of America be reflected on the big screen? Hopefully, less bleak. Way.