iron man! transformers! king kong, star trek, the silence of the lambs! dozens of shameless war propaganda films barely disguising themselves as sci-fi or horror that were obvious enough even without this list! there arenβt any real surprises here but its worth a read
David L. Robb wrote a book called Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors Movies. This Film is Not Yet Rated featured a little bit of an interview with him:
βThe military and the film studios have colluded for more than 50 years. Anytime filmmakers want military assets - ships or tanks or planes - they have to give the Pentagon five copies of their script. And, if thereβs anything in the script thatβs negative, the Pentagon wants them to take it out. And so they negotiate, and take out any war crimes or foul language, or drinking. Anything that would make the military look bad. And than, after the agreement is made, the military sends a minder onto the set, when the film is being shot, to make sure itβs shot just the way they agreed. And then, once the film is completed, it has to be shown to the Pentagon, admirals and generals, before itβs shown to the public. Dozens of films have not been made because they couldnβt get military assistance. So, people have no idea what theyβre not seeing.βΒ
[ID: a screencap from that β70s show showing one of the characters counting on his fingers as he says:Β βthe three true branches of the government are military, corporate, and hollywoodβ. /end ID.]
