Operation Hollywood
Since
the 80's, and the success of Top Gun, Hollywood has increased its
production of big budget war movies, using military bases,
submarines and aircraft carriers that the armed forces have
generously made available to the studios. In exchange, the
Pentagon's experts vet hundreds of screenplays each year. Using
lots of movie clips, "Operation Hollywood" explores this cozy
relationship between Hollywood filmmakers and the U.S. government,
and questions the wisdom of letting the Pentagon use movies to
promote the U.S. army’s image. "Operation Hollywood: How the
Pentagon shapes and censors the movies" by David L. Robb, a former
journalist for Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, is a
timely work. Published in 2004, a year after the U.S. led
occupation of Iraq, it exposes one of the dark secrets of American
movies military interference in film production and Hollywood’s
acquiescence to it. Robb notes that the collaboration between the
military and movie makers works because the Pentagon has what
Hollywood filmmakers want - access to billions of dollars worth of
military equipment. And Hollywood has what the Pentagon wants -
millions of potential recruits.
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