Monday, July 2, 2012

The Military-Entertainment Complex Hits Summer Cinema Screens

The Military-Entertainment Complex Hits Summer Cinema Screens - Disinfo.com

What do you get when the Pentagon joins into a symbiotic relationship with our major entertainment industries? The birthing of the ever-growing baby that we call militainment. The military grants filmmakers access to high-powered technology and in return, Hollywood propagates films that make warfare seem legitimate. Al Jazeera discusses Act of Valor, an $80-million-grossing action film released earlier this year which was commissioned by the Navy’s Special Warfare Command and goes “beyond propaganda”:

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