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Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-12-21
Replies: 29
Insane number of nazi references in movies
Posted By skizzerflake
When I think about the people who ran the USSR,...

When I think about the people who ran the USSR, my picture is of a group of guys in drab suits in a room in the Kremlin, drab more than scary. Nazi imagery, however, is immediate with recognizable...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-07-21
Replies: 29
Insane number of nazi references in movies
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Insane number of nazi references in movies

In regard to my earlier contention that Nazis are an “easy” villain, the other side is that Bolsheviks and Stalinists not only are less identifiable, but most people, having forgotten a lot of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-29-21
Replies: 29
Insane number of nazi references in movies
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Insane number of nazi references in movies

Movie scripts need to be economical, time wise, so what's easier than making a character evil right out of the gate by having them be a nazi. What's curious about that is that 70-some years after...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-28-21
Replies: 29
Insane number of nazi references in movies
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Insane number of nazi references in movies

If you want to divide the 20th century with some sort of historical before and after line, it's hard to think of a more clear one than the nazis specifically and WW II in general. If a plot writer...