Thursday, April 13, 2006

Too Soon?

So it's "too soon" to promote & release a movie that accurately depicts the events of 9/11? I invite everyone who falls into this camp to study the release dates of the following movies about Pearl Harbor:

"Secret Agent of Japan," Twentieth Century Fox, 1942
"Little Tokyo, USA," Twentieth Century Fox, 1942
"Across the Pacific," Warner Bros., 1942
"Remember Pearl Harbor," Republic, 1942
"Submarine Raider," Columbia Pictures, 1942
"December 7, 1941," U.S. Navy, 1943
"Air Force," Warner Bros., 1943
"Blood on the Sun," United Artists, 1945

Amazingly, The Academy awarded "December 7, 1941" director John Ford an Oscar for Best Documentary (kindly note that this was a US Navy propoganda film!).

My, how times have changed...

5 comments:

Sloanasaurus said...

It's not too soon. Its just that there are just certain segments of society that have convinced themselves that the terrorists are the good guys (and victims of white america). Ho Hum.

Anonymous said...

Are you forgetting about "Slant-eyed Demon Bombers," which was released in early 1943. That movie was the shit, man.

zokc said...

My grand dad's favorite movie. Thanks for the reminder!

Sloanasaurus said...

These movies were in a different era. Today the first movie to come out was Fahrenheit 9/11.

All the pinkos loved it.

zokc said...

What this country needs is a schlocky, kickass '80s-style movie to get our blood moving again.

Jack Bauer and Mitch Rapp are fine, but too nuanced. Bring back Johnny Rambo! (How's that for enlightened thought?)