Hollywood and war

Catherine Seipp at NRO has a very good article on Hollywood and how it deals with war.

Actually, there are two parts to her column. The first part is a shot at Saving Private Ryan, skip it. From the second part, ON THE FRONTLINES WITH IKE, to the end of the column is well worth reading however.

Seipp talks about Lionel Chetwynd who is the screen writer and co-producer for the A&E movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day (premieres on Memorial Day, May 31). Chetwynd talks about how and why he makes his docudramas they way he does and how that rubs many folks in Hollywood the wrong way.

The movie Ike does look interesting and I do plan on watching it. I would also be interested in seeing his last docudrama, Showtime's DC9/11 which deals with how the White house handled events on that day. He was criticized for being sympathetic to Bush, but no one was able to show it was not accurate. I'll have to see if Blockbuster has the movie since I don't get Showtime and no, one movie doesn't make it worthwhile to subscribe to it.