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Author Topic: Hollywood looks for guidance Jerry Chase Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1068 From: Margate, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-19-2001 11:35 AM                       News story Looks like the TV execs were first, can Jack V. be that far behind?  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-19-2001 02:33 PM                     We'll find out next week at Show East where Jack Valenti is delivering a keynote speech. I shudder to think.  |  IP: Logged Freddie Dobbs Expert Film Handler Posts: 115 From: Pinson, AL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 10-24-2001 10:02 AM                     Same here...........Ian  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-24-2001 02:29 PM                     If they want some real guidance they should go visit the Elementary School that was just down the street from the WTC. The kids there are brighter than any of the MP execs by far. Mark @ GTS  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 11-20-2001 12:09 PM                     "Guidance"? More like bullying as far as I know. Scroll down for the jibe at Sylvester Stallone The writer must have read Brad's review of Driven.  |  IP: Logged Jerry Chase Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1068 From: Margate, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-20-2001 01:25 PM                       Whoof! What a dose of rhetoric! Each of us has our own filter on reality, and I'll freely admit that those of the author of this article ran up against some of mine. The writer was pretty obviously inebriated with his own verbosity and riding an emotional wave. Such writing titilates those whose hearts go pitty-pat at the mention of the words conspiracy or illuminati, but finding the meat amongst the fat is just too much work for me. I'd be willing to bet that in a few years we may find that parts of Hollywood "helped" in hidden ways best not discussed now.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-20-2001 02:30 PM                        I recall that one of the studios (MGM?) helped the war effort in WW-II by creating scale models of terrain in Japan to make Point-of-View training films for US pilots and navigators. Propaganda or not, the "Why We Fight" series and similar films were well crafted films by some of the best filmmakers in Hollywood. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-20-2001 09:37 PM                     Why we fight was Capra at his comic best Spy Smasher (republic) was much better propaganda  |  IP: Logged Jerry Chase Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1068 From: Margate, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-21-2001 08:06 AM                       A few days back I happened to record a TCM segment that included John Huston's Battle of San Pietro. For some reason, I'd never been exposed to the film before and expected nothing more than a cheesy war propaganda film. After seeing it, I have to agree it should be seen by anyone entering the armed services, and IMO should be shown every Memorial Day as a tribute to all the grunts that saved our butt in WW II. If you can find it at a video store, rent it.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 11-28-2001 03:07 PM                     Happens to be the cover story of The Nation magazine this week. As far as WWII goes the US gov't did have a propaganda office that worked closely with Hollywood (scroll down to second item).  |  IP: Logged

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