Cliff Varnell Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Apocalypse Now Taxi Driver Do The Right Thing Executive Action Zabriskie Point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Network High And Low Soylent Green The Trial The Matrix Exterminating Angel Edited January 31, 2020 by Cliff Varnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Idiocracy 1984 (1984) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Scandal (1989) Milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Bernardo Bertolucci, 1900 (Novecento): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Claude Berri, Germinal: Edited January 31, 2020 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Andrej Wajda, Danton: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Andrej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Guilty By Suspicion Reds Frost/Nixon Hotel Rwanda The Killing Fields BlacKKKlansman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ecker Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 The Ugly American I Was a Communist for the FBI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Niederhut Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Ron Ecker said: The Ugly American I Was a Communist for the FBI Like all Baby Boomers, I grew up in the dark shadows of the Red Scare, doing duck-and-cover drills in grade school, but I never saw (or read much about) most of the early Hollywood Red Scare classics until now, as described in J. Hoberman's book, Army of Phantoms. There was, apparently, a radical shift in Hollywood from 1945 to 1950-- from making WWII films, like Mission to Moscow, that glorified the heroism of the Red Army's struggle against the Nazi Wehrmacht, to abruptly making anti-Soviet, anti-communist propaganda films. Ronald Reagan was one of the early cheerleaders for the Hollywood Red Scare-- but almost everyone, including Bogart, had to get on board to save their film careers. I Was a Communist for the FBI is on Hoberman's list, along with films like Red Menace, Guilty of Treason, and I Married a Communist (aka The Woman on Pier 13.) I noticed this week that some of these ominous Cold War classics are available on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KWHDNPdoCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8zhmCjV71w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ecker Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, W. Niederhut said: Like all Baby Boomers, I grew up in the dark shadows of the Red Scare, doing duck-and-cover drills in grade school, but I never saw (or read much about) most of the early Hollywood Red Scare classics until now, as described in J. Hoberman's book, Army of Phantoms. There was, apparently, a radical shift in Hollywood from 1945 to 1950-- from making WWII films, like Mission to Moscow, that glorified the heroism of the Red Army's struggle against the Nazi Wehrmacht, to abruptly making anti-Soviet, anti-communist propaganda films. Ronald Reagan was one of the early cheerleaders for the Hollywood Red Scare-- but almost everyone, including Bogart, had to get on board to save their film careers. I Was a Communist for the FBI is on Hoberman's list, along with films like Red Menace, Guilty of Treason, and I Married a Communist (aka The Woman on Pier 13.) I noticed this week that some of these ominous Cold War classics are available on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KWHDNPdoCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8zhmCjV71w I remember watching the Army-McCarthy hearings with my dad. And I remember "I Was a Communist for the FBI," though all I remember about it is that Frank Lovejoy was in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Danton is a really good film. Not just political, but also in its capture of history. ANd its probably Gerard Depardieu's best performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) On 1/31/2020 at 11:48 AM, James DiEugenio said: Danton is a really good film. Not just political, but also in its capture of history. ANd its probably Gerard Depardieu's best performance. Depardieu is in three of the four films I posted, making him the type of l'homme politique.. Edited February 1, 2020 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ecker Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I don't think anyone has listed Advise and Consent. Charles Laughton made a great Southern senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Schindler’s List Fail Safe The Last King of Scotland Traffic (2000) Boxcar Bertha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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