Hollywood film-makers have provided a mixed-bag of pictures: from the god-awful Frank Capra prayer for the naive, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, to such powerful anti-state films as Shenandoah, with a great collection of wonderful anti-war films in between (see my earlier articles on the topic) such as The Americanization of Emily. After the Republican Party’s recent effort to advertise its lemming stampede to disassociate itself from anyone who might (gasp!) embrace philosophically-principled positions, I thought of a film that best reflected the nature of both political parties: it is The Godfather (and its sequels). When Michael Corleone was at the christening … Continue reading Hollywood and Politics