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"We the Living" finally arrives on DVD
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chronicle
Oct 31, 2009, 12:11:22 PM10/31/09
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(Big Hollywood) - "We The Living" (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/WeTheLiving ) was made during World War II in
Mussolini�s Italy, of all places. The government warily allowed it to
be filmed as a propaganda vehicle against the Soviet Union. But when
Mussolini realized the movie was a critique not only of communism but
of all forms of statism, he banned it from theatres, where it was a
smash hit.
http://xrl.us/WeTheLiving ) was made during World War II in
Mussolini�s Italy, of all places. The government warily allowed it to
be filmed as a propaganda vehicle against the Soviet Union. But when
Mussolini realized the movie was a critique not only of communism but
of all forms of statism, he banned it from theatres, where it was a
smash hit.
The government rounded up and destroyed all copies of the film � save
one, the original negative, which was secreted away. As we are
informed by the fascinating documentary (included among the DVD
extras), the film�s reels languished unseen for decades until Ayn
Rand�s attorneys went hunting for it among the Italian film
community...
Continued: http://xrl.us/WeTheLivingDVD
calvin
Nov 2, 2009, 12:10:05 AM11/2/09
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On Oct 31, 11:11 am, chronicle <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@
[127.1]> wrote:
> (Big Hollywood) - "We The Living" (Amazon.com:http://xrl.us/WeTheLiving) was made during World War II in
> Mussolini’s Italy, of all places. The government warily allowed it to
> be filmed as a propaganda vehicle against the Soviet Union. But when
> Mussolini realized the movie was a critique not only of communism but
> of all forms of statism, he banned it from theatres, where it was a
> smash hit.
>
> The government rounded up and destroyed all copies of the film – save
> one, the original negative, which was secreted away. As we are
> informed by the fascinating documentary (included among the DVD
> extras), the film’s reels languished unseen for decades until Ayn
> Rand’s attorneys went hunting for it among the Italian film
> community...
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/WeTheLivingDVD
[127.1]> wrote:
> (Big Hollywood) - "We The Living" (Amazon.com:http://xrl.us/WeTheLiving) was made during World War II in
> Mussolini’s Italy, of all places. The government warily allowed it to
> be filmed as a propaganda vehicle against the Soviet Union. But when
> Mussolini realized the movie was a critique not only of communism but
> of all forms of statism, he banned it from theatres, where it was a
> smash hit.
>
> one, the original negative, which was secreted away. As we are
> informed by the fascinating documentary (included among the DVD
> Rand’s attorneys went hunting for it among the Italian film
> community...
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/WeTheLivingDVD
Good news. This movie was on laserdisc, but destroyed by
fire in the only store that had it in Atlanta before I got around
to renting it. The word I got from Rand people was that it is a
much better movie adaptation than The Fountainhead was.
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