Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 20, 2018 0:31:20 GMT
The "good fascist" movies:
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN 1970 -- Peter Cushing is a benevolent military dictator (with Nazi-type decorations around so there is no doubt what the intention was). His high command is assassinated and replaced by a sinister thug who closes the borders and starts torturing people who try to flee. He even captures a Western pilot on a spy machine.
THE DEVILS 1971 -- Oliver Reed --a flawed but well meaning and charismatic religious leader who seeks to protect his city from sickness and war but is destroyed by a combination of forces inside and out. There are clues in the movie (like the odd depiction of Richelieu) which makes one suspect that Russell isn't just attacking organized religion but eluding to WW 2 politics.
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN 1970 -- Peter Cushing is a benevolent military dictator (with Nazi-type decorations around so there is no doubt what the intention was). His high command is assassinated and replaced by a sinister thug who closes the borders and starts torturing people who try to flee. He even captures a Western pilot on a spy machine.
THE DEVILS 1971 -- Oliver Reed --a flawed but well meaning and charismatic religious leader who seeks to protect his city from sickness and war but is destroyed by a combination of forces inside and out. There are clues in the movie (like the odd depiction of Richelieu) which makes one suspect that Russell isn't just attacking organized religion but eluding to WW 2 politics.