Posted on 09/16/2025 6:37:42 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Since I announced the Anti-Communist Film Festival last month, the response has been fantastic. Conservatives understand that a film festival showcasing some of the great anti-communist movies can be a powerful - and fun - inoculation against a poisonous false god.
What’s also been surprising is how many anti-communist movies there are. I’ve heard from people not only in the United States but with ties to Cuba, China, and the old Soviet Union. I’ve also heard from directors and actors in Hollywood. We’re planning the festival for fall 2026 if we can raise the money for it and attract a sponsor or two.
We also want the festival to have not only serious films, but fun ones. We want it to be a party that entertains and brings people together. That’s why I think a great addition to the lineup would be Hail, Caesar! Hail, Caesar! produced and directed in 2016 by Joel and Ethan Cohen, delves into the deepest question of our time - the question of God and our place in the universe. It also makes communists look like absolute idiots.
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Is that not the best anti-communism?
“Schlemmer, you’re back in the SS.....Small Salary!”
Probably. In a way though I didn’t feel that anti communistic after it was over because I was in awe of Jimmy Cagney who dominates the movie. The movie has an interesting history. It was filmed just before the Berlin Wall was built but by the time it was released the Wall was dominating the news and it kind of depressed how it was received so it didn’t do well. It’s been rereleased a few times since and gotten a better reception as a rediscovered gem. It was Cagney’s last film from his golden age career. He did one more 20 years later in 1981....Ragtime.
That’s just marvy!
You beat me to it - One, Two, Three!
When will there be a list of all of the movies that will be shown?
A popular 1985 Wendy's commercial hilariously depicted a Soviet fashion show as the same stodgy dress and fat runway model with different names and props for her outfit. Leftists were uneasy, realizing that when an American hamburger commercial pokes fun, the Evil Empire they saw as their inspiration was in trouble.
Those changing times helped One, Two, Three find its place as a comedy gem. Cagney's manic energy and the sly mockery of Communism and the Cold War made it a surprise box office hit when it was re-released in 1985 in France and West Germany. In West Berlin, it ran in the theater for a year. Due to the sensitive nature of relations with the Soviet Union, Finland had banned One, Two, Three until 1986 -- making its release there for another signpost of the terminal decline of the Soviet Union.
Good to know thanks.
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