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The record is pretty clear on SPARTACUS, Trumbo actually had arguments with Kirk Douglas over the script orientation, he wanted to keep with Fast's original work and talk about McCarthyism but Douglas was on a secular Zionist kick and wanted to make it about Israel. There is a Kubrick biography by John Baxter that talks about this. Also remember that SPARTACUS was filmed in Franco's Spain, so irregardless of Trumbo and Fast being Reds, Kirk Douglas was not. Best regards, Andrew Stewart > On Nov 27, 2015, at 4:21 PM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > >> On 11/27/15 4:14 PM, Andrew Stewart via Marxism wrote: >> >> I have recently seen the TRUMBO film and agreed that it is a >> fantastic picture. That said, I have yet to see anything that deals >> with the fact that the two films that listed Trumbo in the credits, >> SPARTACUS and EXODUS, are proto-hasbara Zionist propaganda pictures >> that continue to be used to delegitimize Palestinians. Any thoughts? > > > Well, Exodus was certainly hasbara but Spartacus? Maybe you can explain why > on that one. The film is based on a Howard Fast novel. He was a Communist and > the film is obviously sympathetic to a slave revolt. > > But if you want to see a film that incorporates Trumbo's unique perspective, > I recommend "Lonely are the Brave" that is based on a novel by Edward Abbey > called "The Brave Cowboy". Abbey was an anarchist and a deep ecologist. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
