Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-11
Books mentioned on Part One: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis
Hitler was very aware of the impact movies had on him and everyone else and he believed the spoken word was the only way to push large scale societal changes. He noted that, just as people were more convinced by his speeches, movies were more convincing.
Robert Evans discussed Taking Fame to Market by B. King, The Collaboration by Ben Urwand, and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Taking Fame to Market
Discussed“Um and this is from the textbook taking fame to market. So this will give you an idea of kind of what some people in the film industry sort of on Edison's side of things were horrified of when they looked into a movie theater.”
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The Collaboration
The Collaboration by Ben Urwand is a historical investigation into the complex relationship between Hollywood studio executives and Nazi Germany during the 1930s.
Discussed“Here's a quote from Ben Erwan's The Collaboration. Quote, "The men who created the studio system in Los Angeles were Jewish immigrants of Eastern European descent.”
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a classic anti-war novel that depicts the profound physical and psychological trauma experienced by young German soldiers during the First World War.
Discussed“Now, All Quiet on the Western Front was based off of a classic book about German soldiers in World War I. It's it's wonderful. Um, it was not an anti-German film, but it was anti-war”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Do you remember when um that Fire and Fury book came out and somebody posted a fake excerpt from it where they were talking about Trump having the monkey channel made for him?”