27-08-2013, 03:04 AM
I didn't know that Magda. He has gone onto UFO's now and Roswell?
Wow, they must have really liked what he did in Hollywood then.
But as I say in the book, whatever side of the question you are on, you have to admit that he really turned things around for the CIA after Three Days of the Condor, JFK, Air America etc.
From about 1975, to about 1995, the CIA was depicted as negative in many films. BTW, that year 1995, is I think when Chase Brandon opened up his office, and when you read the stuff the guy did to reverse things, I mean he was worth his weight in gold. In fact, there was stuff I could not print because of a non disclosure clause lawsuit. But I will say this, Chase Brandon, in some cases, was actually writing whole scenes and sequences in movies. That is really kind of sick. I mean, this is artistic integrity?
But he left his office and took everything with him so there was nothing to try and get by FOIA. Then another guy came in for a year or two. But by then, the CIA influence in Hollywood was so ingrained and extensive that the film makers were coming to them on their own.
This is one reason why I have no respect for American films anymore. And I more or less say that at the end of the book.
I close with Newton Minow's great "vast wasteland" speech from 1961. I then add, and TV really wasn't that bad back then. I mean what would you call it today. Maybe the "vast shit pile?"
Wow, they must have really liked what he did in Hollywood then.
But as I say in the book, whatever side of the question you are on, you have to admit that he really turned things around for the CIA after Three Days of the Condor, JFK, Air America etc.
From about 1975, to about 1995, the CIA was depicted as negative in many films. BTW, that year 1995, is I think when Chase Brandon opened up his office, and when you read the stuff the guy did to reverse things, I mean he was worth his weight in gold. In fact, there was stuff I could not print because of a non disclosure clause lawsuit. But I will say this, Chase Brandon, in some cases, was actually writing whole scenes and sequences in movies. That is really kind of sick. I mean, this is artistic integrity?
But he left his office and took everything with him so there was nothing to try and get by FOIA. Then another guy came in for a year or two. But by then, the CIA influence in Hollywood was so ingrained and extensive that the film makers were coming to them on their own.
This is one reason why I have no respect for American films anymore. And I more or less say that at the end of the book.
I close with Newton Minow's great "vast wasteland" speech from 1961. I then add, and TV really wasn't that bad back then. I mean what would you call it today. Maybe the "vast shit pile?"