tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post3863030290816543202..comments2024-03-26T18:28:58.729-04:00Comments on Just a Cineast: The Matt Cvetic storyTed S. (Just a Cineast)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394770582776749331noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-13502971892010963602014-10-31T21:24:53.868-04:002014-10-31T21:24:53.868-04:00Just curious.
Particularly with the gift of post C...Just curious.<br />Particularly with the gift of post Cold War hindsight...<br />Why the need to to look at the movie "in the light of what they'd be like if they were going after the Nazis or the mob instead?"<br />Are the Nazis or the mob, both of whom have murdered far, far, fewer people than the communists, somehow more compelling villains?<br />For decades, through hundreds of communist cells, the Soviets and their fellow travelers have infiltrated the United States on numerous fronts, organized labor, academia, entertainment, government...<br />Sure there are mobsters in Vegas and Hollywood, but nothing like the communist presence. <br />And the Nazis? Effectively none at all.<br />"I Was a Communist" was made in the early years of World War 3 and the threat of Soviet communist infiltration, while recognized, was little understood. <br />Today, reams of wiretap files, declassified in the 1990s show us that, yes, the Soviets were indeed engaged in massive infiltration of the United States through communist organizations trying to foment revolution. <br />Technically, movies like "I was a Communist" may suffer from the clunky writing and filmmaking techniques of their era. But in terms of the story they tell, many of them were prophetic. <br />Update the cars and clothes and you could remake some of them set in the year... oh... 2014.damnyanquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11419843710865352237noreply@blogger.com