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Post by lowtacks86 on Jun 10, 2020 19:15:34 GMT
For instance during the 1950s there were a slew of "Outerspace invader" types films that were basically an allegory for the Red Scare/communism (Invasion of the Body Snatchers comes to mind)
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Post by politicidal on Jun 10, 2020 19:55:29 GMT
Spartacus (1960) had a pro-civil rights message.
I remember hearing somewhere that On the Waterfront (1954) was supposed to be Kazan's "take that" to his critics over him participating in the HUAC hearings.
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Post by Archelaus on Jun 10, 2020 21:18:37 GMT
High Noon (1952) was written in response to the Hollywood blacklisting that was occurring at the time.
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Post by ck100 on Jun 10, 2020 21:28:00 GMT
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 10, 2020 21:36:13 GMT
Night of the Living Dead
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Post by wolf359 on Jun 10, 2020 21:42:40 GMT
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
GREAT Movie!
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Post by mstreepsucks on Jun 11, 2020 2:23:31 GMT
The SW Prelogy.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 11, 2020 2:43:15 GMT
Massacre at Central High is like Animal Farm set in a high school.
A lot of movies in the 00s had themes of the War on Terror, but especially The Dark Knight.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Jun 11, 2020 2:54:47 GMT
X-Men (2000)
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 11, 2020 3:03:45 GMT
High Noon (1952) was written in response to the Hollywood blacklisting that was occurring at the time. And the screenwriter, Carl Foreman, was blacklisted shortly thereafter. |
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 11, 2020 3:04:26 GMT
The Entertainer is about the decline of British power in the world. The old act just doesn't work anymore.
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Post by wolf359 on Jun 11, 2020 13:31:58 GMT
All The President's Men
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Post by Archelaus on Jun 11, 2020 16:45:01 GMT
How is that a political allegory? It was a straightforward adaptation of the same book into Woodward and Bernstein's investigation into Watergate. It strikes me as no different than a biopic. |
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 11, 2020 16:52:46 GMT
Jospeh Heller often said that Catch-22 was about the Cold War, not WW2.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 11, 2020 19:30:07 GMT
MASH while set during the Korean War was a commentary on the Vietnam War.
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