And Frank Capra was a lifelong conservative who despised FDR but supported insidiously freedoms including the freedom to be yourself and not be bothered. A large amount of his movies involve the “weirdos and rejects” of society as the heroes.
It’s crazy to think about how his movies if released today would be viewed as liberal propaganda.
I rewatched It’s a Wonderful Life with family this Christmas and it was surprising to me just how hard that film goes. The part before the flashbacks start when Bailey thinks he’s going to end up in jail for embezzlement and he starts lashing out at people around him is tough to watch and also feels real in a way a lot of other movies don’t quite get right when they try to show something similar. Is a good movie.
It is a good film, somehow the lead actor of George Bailey walked away from it, campaigned for Barry Goldwater, lost a son in Vietnam, flew in Vietnam, campaigned with Reagan, etc…
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Another reminder, the man who starred in the movie was a WWII veteran who fought against fascism
If you look closely while watching he has noticeable symptoms of PTSD and this isn’t him acting, it’s real
God damn I knew Jimmy Stewart was in the military as a pilot but I just looked it up and Wikipedia says he retired as a Brigadier General and also was involved in Korea and Vietnam (after this movie of course).
The movie also flopped when it was released, and the director ended up in debt, I think. Though he maintained that it was the best movie he’d made and that he was proud of it.
Huh. I’d love to know more about this. Do you have more info?
https://historycollection.com/the-fbi-believed-that-its-a-wonderful-life-was-communist-propaganda/3/
Those fools also thought that the creator was a left wing sympathizer and involved with the communist party during that time.
