John Notle once posted a list of great, Conservative films on Libertas. I’ve got a print-out of it, but I don’t have it electronically (it’s ginormous!). You might still be able to find it at Libertas. If you pop over there let me know if they’re back from hiatus.
Kit, I have a few that Nolte didn’t have on his list, that are more obscure. Pickup on South Street (1953), I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951), The Woman on Pier 13 (1949), The 27th Day (1957), and Red Planet Mars (1952). The last two were great little sci-fi B movies.
Rescue Dawn, while not overtly anti-commie, painted the Viet Kong pretty damn well, as well as showed Dieter Dengler AND Werner Herzog’s respective and shared love of the USA.
And even the Matt Helm movies with Dino were anti-communist since the books were. The Matt Helm books are better than James Bond, not only because he’s American, but he’s like a cross between Daniel Craig’s Bond and Phillip Marlowe.
Sorry, I forgot that you were 19. Yes, Dino is Dean Martin’s real name. Dino Crocetti. He was in a series of spy spoofs where he played Matt Helm. The books aren’t spoofs though, Matt Helm is an assassin for the gov’t. A blurb on the 1960 cover of the book, The Wrecking Crew, from the Denver Post says, “(Matt Helm) Makes British spy James Bond seem like a powder-puff.” But the Dino Matt Helm movies are a scream, with lots of not-so-private Sinatra jokes. These movies inspired the Austin Powers flicks.
Open thread, right? Just a note: my appearances here have been spotty ’cause my mom has been in the hospital with pneumonia, UTI, and a blood infection. Since I am her caregiver, it has been mega-stressful the past couple of weeks, to the point where *I* now have a case of the shingles! Despite all this, I have been trying to keep up with the topics here, at least reading them….
As some of you know, I had that pesky Diversity class this week and had to sit through documentaries that showed the atrocities that whites committed against Native Americans, Blacks, Chinese, etc., over the years. I was the only one to stand up and say that, while most of it is correct, the part about the Native Americans was wrong. The documentary we watched showed a woodcut of the pilgrims being welcomed by the indians, then cut to an engraving of a pilgrim smashing an indian’s head in with the butt of his matchlock rifle. Out of all the different cultures that were represented, the indians were the only ones that we were at war with, and had started those wars with us. I agree if you want to show the poverty that they live in today, because the sons should never pay for the sins of their fathers, but passing them off as peaceniks that we slaughtered is rubbish. Surprisingly, from a bunch of lib teachers, no one contested my un-PC correction. Or, are they now writing and telling friends what the racist in their class said, which would be the classically lib thing to do?
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Can anyone name any anti-communist movies?
I know: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, THE LOST CITY, and thats about it.
Kit,
John Notle once posted a list of great, Conservative films on Libertas. I’ve got a print-out of it, but I don’t have it electronically (it’s ginormous!). You might still be able to find it at Libertas. If you pop over there let me know if they’re back from hiatus.
@Kit — Red Dawn, The Killing Fields, James Bond was always on the right side of the Cold War
How many people have seen “Red NIghtmare” (1962), narrated by Jack Webb? Classic anti-Communist propaganda film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050261/
Kit, I have a few that Nolte didn’t have on his list, that are more obscure. Pickup on South Street (1953), I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951), The Woman on Pier 13 (1949), The 27th Day (1957), and Red Planet Mars (1952). The last two were great little sci-fi B movies.
Rescue Dawn, while not overtly anti-commie, painted the Viet Kong pretty damn well, as well as showed Dieter Dengler AND Werner Herzog’s respective and shared love of the USA.
And even the Matt Helm movies with Dino were anti-communist since the books were. The Matt Helm books are better than James Bond, not only because he’s American, but he’s like a cross between Daniel Craig’s Bond and Phillip Marlowe.
And let’s not forget, “Surf Nazis Must Die.”
Who was Dino?
he was the pet dinosaur of Fed and Wilma Flintstone.
Kit … Kit … Kit … take a look at my avatar and guess.
Dean Martin?
Remember, I am nineteen, be patient with me.
Sorry, I forgot that you were 19. Yes, Dino is Dean Martin’s real name. Dino Crocetti. He was in a series of spy spoofs where he played Matt Helm. The books aren’t spoofs though, Matt Helm is an assassin for the gov’t. A blurb on the 1960 cover of the book, The Wrecking Crew, from the Denver Post says, “(Matt Helm) Makes British spy James Bond seem like a powder-puff.” But the Dino Matt Helm movies are a scream, with lots of not-so-private Sinatra jokes. These movies inspired the Austin Powers flicks.
I also suggest pro-communism movies like Mission to Moscow and Five Came Back, for context.
“Big Jim McClain.” John Wayne wiretapes Commies with the help of a young Jim Arness. Never has such tallness been concentrated in one picture.
Open thread, right? Just a note: my appearances here have been spotty ’cause my mom has been in the hospital with pneumonia, UTI, and a blood infection. Since I am her caregiver, it has been mega-stressful the past couple of weeks, to the point where *I* now have a case of the shingles! Despite all this, I have been trying to keep up with the topics here, at least reading them….
Oh, Fr Ron, I hate to hear that. You will both be in my prayers. Take care.
Yer both on the prayer list now, Fr. Get well soon!
God be with you both.
God bless you Father. We will be praying for both of you.
Father, I hope both of you get well.
As some of you know, I had that pesky Diversity class this week and had to sit through documentaries that showed the atrocities that whites committed against Native Americans, Blacks, Chinese, etc., over the years. I was the only one to stand up and say that, while most of it is correct, the part about the Native Americans was wrong. The documentary we watched showed a woodcut of the pilgrims being welcomed by the indians, then cut to an engraving of a pilgrim smashing an indian’s head in with the butt of his matchlock rifle. Out of all the different cultures that were represented, the indians were the only ones that we were at war with, and had started those wars with us. I agree if you want to show the poverty that they live in today, because the sons should never pay for the sins of their fathers, but passing them off as peaceniks that we slaughtered is rubbish. Surprisingly, from a bunch of lib teachers, no one contested my un-PC correction. Or, are they now writing and telling friends what the racist in their class said, which would be the classically lib thing to do?
May God Have Mercy On Your Soul!!!
Not Good.
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/17/jim_caviezel_hospitalized_following_moto