Hollywood's New War effort (Hollywood reaches bottom, keeps digging)

Townhall.com ^ | August 10, 2005 | Jason Apuzzo

[kb2614]

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.......

[kb2614]

Oops, someone already posted this. Delete please.

[Caipirabob]

- "Munich." Steven Spielberg directs this film about the aftermath of the 1972 Olympic terror attacks that killed eleven Israeli athletes. "Munich"'s screenplay is written by playwrite Tony Kushner ("Angels in America"), who has been quoted as saying: "I think the founding of the state of Israel was for the Jewish people a historical, moral, political calamity ... I wish modern Israel hadn¹t been born." The film focuses on the crisis of conscience undergone by Israeli commandos tasked with killing PLO terrorists - rather than on the barbarity of the terrorists themselves.

Yikes..Gee, Thanks Steven, you butthead.

[lionheart 247365]

When you have a bunch of Hollywood bottom feeders producing movies with strong political overtones , one should not be surprised to find mostly bottom feeders at the box offices .

[tallhappy]

Ping

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.