Myths on Screen: Hollywood at War

[outlandish]

An excellent three part radio series looking at the relationship between the Hollywood movie industry, and the military, from the early days of WWII, to modern times:

https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/mythsonscreen

 

[Preety_India]

@outlandish I heard somewhere that Hollywood movies were a way of the government programming people in the beginning. 

 

 

 

[outlandish]

@Preety_India that sounds like an oversimplification, but there are definitely elements of truth to that statement. I really recommend listening to this series. It gives a very honest and nuanced picture of the story of how Hollywood has been used to prepare and rally Americans for war, and the blurred lines between art and propaganda.

[Preety_India]

@Preety_India

@outlandish@outlandish. There was a documentary called out of the shadows that was similar 

[DivineSoda]

3 hours ago, Preety_India said:

 

@outlandish@outlandish. There was a documentary called out of the shadows that was similar 

Shhh, we don't talk about that documentary around these parts.