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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304028513
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6304028512
Label: First Run Features
Manufacturer: First Run Features
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Run Features
Release Date: November 16, 1999
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: First Run Features
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Sales Rank: 48772
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This is an infinitely watchable, very well done documentary about the mystery that was Vichy France. It's a perfect companion to Ophul's The Sorrow and the Pity. There really is not a central narrative here as they let the films speak for themselves. They really do tell one just about everything they need to know about the weird mix of fascism and bureaucracy that was Vichy. Occasionally, the director provides a little voiceover clarification but basically the propagandistic era reveals itself to ... Read More
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This is the kind of documentary I like... it lets you see the people of the time and hear in their own words their motivations and justifications. There are so few books and movies on the Vichy regime that this one stands out even more.
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This film is a collection of short clips (taken from newsreels, propaganda films, and mainstream movies) made by/for/about the Vichy government from 1940 until the liberation of Paris in 1944. This is a modern (1993) attempt to paint a picture of the Vichy government that they may have painted of themselves. I found this to be a fascinating window into how the Vichy government viewed themselves. The style of the film is, in many ways, similar to `Triumph of the Will'. There are fiery speechs about ... Read More
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Anyone interested in the history and development of fascist and national socialism should watch this film. It presents various aspects of the fascist ideology on class, culture, "nation," and of course shows the prevasive anti-Semitism, anti-Bolshevism and racism of fascism.
The Vichy fascists used anti-communism and anti-Semitism to play upon the fears of its middle class supporters in order to consolidate its position. It viewed its nation-selling to the Germans as a "holy war" against Jews, America ... Read More
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Admittedly this film is propaganda produced during an occupation by fascist Germany, but it is very educational in explaining why more Americans were probably killed by the French during WWII than were saved by them. But this film shows us what the Vichy government was producing in the way of propaganda, not what the Germans made them do. Including the Northern Africa campaign of serious battles where Allied forces were attacked by French military loyal to Petain's Vichy government, as well as the millions of ... Read More
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