(July 26, 2016 at 4:45 am)abaris Wrote:(July 26, 2016 at 4:29 am)Alex K Wrote: Have you seen the 1940s Nazi-fighting Sherlock Holmes series?
I have, and as is usual with films like that, I didn't like it. Propaganda, no matter how well intended, is always something to steer clear of. Even with Hitchcocks Saboteurs. Or much worse with Ford's "They were expendable".
I found them fascinating in a historical psychological kind of way. It captures something about the zeitgeist, the need to bolster morale of the people in war times by having a British hero save the empire. And always with the inspirational quotes at the end!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
