AMST 35a Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Synecdoche, Raul Hilberg, John Schlesinger
24 Jan 2017
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Europe was in war, but us was in isolation (not in war) Hollywood starts to form their own policy. Anti-nazi (don"t want us boys to fight in european wars) New roosevelt"s defense program (september 1940 before election) Movies from the end of wwi to the eve of wwii. In the past: wwi was meaningless war, war is bad. Now: war is bad, but nazi is more bad. York thinks it is immoral to sell his story of killing people. Later he was convinced that his story can be educational. To persuade people that your country has the right to call on you if it"s in war. Sergeant york has an impact on the voting as almost everyone has watch the film at that time. If you want to send a message, use western union - sam goldwyn. Americans don"t want to send a message through films. Motion picture is a great tool for promotion, education, propaganda .
