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You should check out Tom Secker's "Spy Culture" website. You'd be quite amazed how much influence the US Military (and other US departments) have when it comes
by teh_klev 8y ago
You should check out Tom Secker's "Spy Culture" website. You'd be quite amazed how much influence the US Military (and other US departments) have when it comes to producing movies and TV series that need even the slightest assistance from the US Air Force/Navy/CIA/FBI etc.
"Need to hire a couple of UH-60's for a scene? Let's be having a look at your script first."
Secker also has a book (it's on my reading list) called "National Security Cinema"[1] which investigates these same themes.
[0]: https://www.spyculture.com/ https://www.spyculture.com/
[1]: https://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Security-Cinema-Government-Hollywood/dp/1548084980/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Security-Cinema-Government...
- wincy 8y agoThe military wouldn’t give assistance with props and such in Independence Day unless they took out references to Area 51. https://uproxx.com/movies/why-military-cut-ties-with-independence-day-area-51/ https://uproxx.com/movies/why-military-cut-ties-with-indepen...
- teh_klev 8y agoYes, that's a very typical example.
- ApolloFortyNine 8y agoI'm sure you can find a better example than the people you are renting the helicopter from obviously not wanting to be shown in a bad way.
- teh_klev 8y agoIt's just a throwaway to explain the point with regard to the examples the parent poster cited. Peruse the site yourself and you'll find all sorts of other examples.