"Knock on Any Door"

I saw another "It's Society's Fault" movie out of Hollywood. It's from the '50s and stars Humphrey Bogart (as a good guy!).

It is about a young juvenile delinquent who is turned into a killer by the utterly corrupt and evil American system of justice and society.

It strikes me that this is around the time (the '50s) that "evil America" began in movies (and literature). The odd (and really all-to-predictable) thing is that Hollywood keeps putting them out like a broken record. To wit:

American Beauty: "To be truly happy, what we all need to do is quit our jobs and smoke dope."

Avatar: "How those nasty people who want to make money destroy an ideal pacifist society."

The Last Samurai: "How the corrupt west destroys the ideal Samurai society."

Robot and Frank: "How an art thief is a noble character and 'the insurance companies are the REAL thieves'"

Hell or High Water: "Since all executives are thieves, robbing them is actually a blessed endeavor."

A Face in the Crowd: "Anyone who recommends self-reliance and individual initiative is a liar a fraud and a hypocrite."

The irony is that the people making these movies are some of the richest people in the United States today. And they did it through individual initiative.
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Published on January 13, 2025 13:53
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