See title. My partner loves Xmas, and is a leftist. Just seeing if there's anything good out there we can throw on some night. If this question has been asked before, let me know and I'll delete. Thanks!

  • regul [any]
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    3 years ago

    It's a Wonderful Life basically got Frank Capra on Hoover's naughty list:

    On May 26, 1947, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a memo stating, "With regard to the picture 'It's a Wonderful Life', [redacted] stated in substance that the film represented rather obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a 'scrooge-type' so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists. [In] addition, [redacted] stated that, in his opinion, this picture deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters."[56] Film historian Andrew Sarris points out as "curious" that "the censors never noticed that the villainous Mr. Potter gets away with robbery without being caught or punished in any way"

    • Duckduck [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Hollywood was pretty solidly anti-capitalist in the 40s. Every businessman is written like Old Man Potter.

      • adultswim_antifa [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Offtopic but they fucking blacklisted Aaron Copland who was a great composer and vaguely left wing and ruined his life and now the Fanfare the Common Man is basically synonymous with the US Navy.

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      It's A Wonderful Life has been my favorite Christmas movie since before I was even explicitly a communist so this tracks

      • regul [any]
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        3 years ago

        It's a lovely film. A little schmaltzy, but you'll still be smiling at the end.