New Movies You Will Definitely Want To Miss
Guest columnist Jason Apuzzo writing for Town Hall yesterday, (HT to Power Line) describes for us, Hollywood’s New War Effort: Terrorism Chic. This is a portion:
“Slow to awaken after the 9/11 attacks, Hollywood has finally come around to contributing what it can in the War on Terror: namely, glossy, star-studded movies that sympathize with the enemy. (emphasis mine)
Hard to believe? Here’s the pitch: with box-office numbers trending down, studio executives are suddenly greenlighting movies they can describe to shareholders as ‘controversial’ or ‘timely.’ Whether the films are anti-American or otherwise demoralizing to the war effort is apparently immaterial. Its appetite whetted by “Fahrenheit 9/11″’s $222 million worldwide gross, Hollywood thinks it’s found a formula for both financial security and critical plaudits: noxious anti-American storylines, bathed in the warm glow of star power.”
The following are the films he lists which are in the pipeline and coming soon:
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- “V For Vendetta.”
- “Munich.”
- “Untitled Oliver Stone 9/11 Project.”
- “Syriana.”
- “The Scorpion’s Gate.”
- “The Chancellor Manuscript.”
- “No True Glory: The Battle for Fallujah.”
- “American Dreamz.”
- “Terminus.”
- “Jarhead.”
You will have to read the article to find the descriptions of the above films. Suffice it to say, they won’t flatter the Bush Administration or the United States, and they won’t help in fighting the GWOT.
Mr. Apuzzo is absolutely correct in his conclusion:
“The proper ‘response’ for this sort of thing is simple, if complex in execution. At some point conservatives need to raise capital, pick up cameras and start making movies of their own - much like Mel Gibson did with “The Passion.” And conservatives should do this not simply to ‘rebut’ the other side, but to add depth and imagination to what has become a wasteland of popular entertainment. Most Hollywood insiders - even liberals - agree that Hollywood is in a creative depression. More conservative voices can only help what has become a bleak situation for the town, both artistically and financially.
Movies are a powerful force in shaping the imagination of our culture, and in defining how history is remembered. It will be a great shame if all we leave behind from this vital period in American history is a shoddy trail of “Syriana”s, “V For Vendetta”s or “American Dreamz” - rather than a “Casablanca” or a “Notorious.” But conservatives obviously can’t wait for Hollywood to do that for them - they’re going to have to do it themselves.”
Jason Apuzzo is a filmmaker, Co-Director of The Liberty Film Festival, and Editor of the conservative film blog LIBERTAS, which we will be adding to our right column shortly.
While we wait for conservatives to begin building their movie media megalopolis, we will just have to hand Hollywood more downward numbers when these films come out, by not showing up with our hard earned dollars.
