The problem with movies that are not explicitly leftist is that wormbrained viewers will misunderstand the message or side with the bad guy. You can't radicalize somebody with consumption.
dr strangelove - satire of the cold war
they live - I am eating the trash all of the time
starship troopers - openly fascist america begins interplanetary imperialism and starts a war with a bug planet
network (1976) - news network controlled by evil corporation
full metal jacket - in case you ever wondered how films get access to film with military equipment or military bases, the USDoD provides equipment to movie studios in exchange for censoring and propagandizing the script. the USDoD has altered hundreds of films since the early 1900s. if you've seen a hollywood film with military equipment, the USDoD probably had their finger in it, including most of the capeshit. full metal jacket was not approved by the USDoD. Kubrick acquired the military equipment from military surplus stores and foreign militaries.
The problem with movies that are not explicitly leftist is that wormbrained viewers will misunderstand the message or side with the bad guy. You can’t radicalize somebody with consumption.
This is definitely true -- if it's a movie about a corrupt powerful government, people will watch it and say "Yep, this is what life would be like under socialism." If it's about a conspiracy of people (or aliens) controlling the world which are supposed to be a metaphor for capitalists, people will watch it and think it's about the Jews. I think They Live and Network arguably fall into this trap, and we all know there's an audience that doesn't notice (or doesn't care about) the satire in Starship Troopers. Dr Strangelove is a bit more difficult, but I could imagine someone watching it and saying "Yep, that's the problem with big government bureaucracy getting in the way of swift, decisive violence."
Of the ones on your list, I think Full Metal Jacket is the hardest to misinterpret. It's harder for me to imagine someone coming away from that movie thinking it's pro-military or pro-war.
The problem with movies that are not explicitly leftist is that wormbrained viewers will misunderstand the message or side with the bad guy. You can't radicalize somebody with consumption.
dr strangelove - satire of the cold war
they live - I am eating the trash all of the time
starship troopers - openly fascist america begins interplanetary imperialism and starts a war with a bug planet
network (1976) - news network controlled by evil corporation
full metal jacket - in case you ever wondered how films get access to film with military equipment or military bases, the USDoD provides equipment to movie studios in exchange for censoring and propagandizing the script. the USDoD has altered hundreds of films since the early 1900s. if you've seen a hollywood film with military equipment, the USDoD probably had their finger in it, including most of the capeshit. full metal jacket was not approved by the USDoD. Kubrick acquired the military equipment from military surplus stores and foreign militaries.
This is definitely true -- if it's a movie about a corrupt powerful government, people will watch it and say "Yep, this is what life would be like under socialism." If it's about a conspiracy of people (or aliens) controlling the world which are supposed to be a metaphor for capitalists, people will watch it and think it's about the Jews. I think They Live and Network arguably fall into this trap, and we all know there's an audience that doesn't notice (or doesn't care about) the satire in Starship Troopers. Dr Strangelove is a bit more difficult, but I could imagine someone watching it and saying "Yep, that's the problem with big government bureaucracy getting in the way of swift, decisive violence."
Of the ones on your list, I think Full Metal Jacket is the hardest to misinterpret. It's harder for me to imagine someone coming away from that movie thinking it's pro-military or pro-war.
Eh FMJ is actually pro war, it gives the perspective of a cog of the US military machine who later reproduces that exact culture.
While ignoring the perspectives of "the other", there are not Vietnamese / Việt cộng perspectives to be found.
Now I wanna watch Dr. Strangelove again. Thanks comrade
what you're totally wrong! starship troopers is just about a bunch of cool guys killing gross bug aliens. nothing else is going on.
-average american viewer
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