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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Movie Review: TRUMBO (2015) A

A good but not a great movie. For anyone who is aware of mid 20th century political history in the United States, this is not a new story. It's about "blacklisting" of people in the business of making movies and TV shows at the start of the Cold War with Russia in 1947.

Because many people (all over the world ) lost faith in the capitalist system during the depression of the1930's, many joined the Communist as well as socialist political parties. Because of poor reporting from Russia, and Russia being an ally with us during WWII, many of these people were totally unaware of the failings of the communist system and the genocidal actions of Stalin.

As a political weapon the Republicans implied that the people who joined the communist party were traitors to our country.

Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice of the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

Personally, I felt, the actors who took on the roles of the real people I knew and saw on the screen didn't fit my reality . . . and I couldn't suspend disbelief. Also, the total story of why many joined the communist party was never discussed.

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Warren is retired and lives in Florida where he runs a foreign movie program for adults. He subscribes to NETFLIX and uses Rotten Tomatoes as one of the sources for selecting movies to review.

Started watching movies at about eight years old and was strongly influenced by "Fantasia" for it's combination of music and fantasy. He was profoundly impacted in his early teen years by the social content in "I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG".

As a kid he used to enter the movie house in the middle of a double feature and leave when the movie reached the part where he came in. Loved serials and was able to see most double features for ten or twenty-five cents.

A graduate of Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY), he strongly believes that good movies . . . with mature content . . . are a significant supplement to education and insight into the world around us. No egghead, he also believes that "It's A Wonderful Life", "Young Frankenstein", "The Producers", West Side Story", and "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" are great films.