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‘Red Dawn’ Director: ‘Hollywood Disdains Flyover Country’

John Milius diagnosis how film studios are leaving money on the table

Director John Millius is nothing less than a legend.

Milius played a critical role in ’70s cinema, and beyond. He wrote “Apocalypse Now,” “Conan the Barbarian” and helped sculpt two “Dirty Harry” films. The auteur’s 1984 action film “Red Dawn” quickly achieved cult film status, influencing a generation of rebels in the process. 

His creative ties to fellow legends George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola fleshed out the 2013 documentary “Milius.”

Milius Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Screenwriter/Director John Milius Documentary HD

The director suffered a stroke in 2010 and currently battles aphasia, which makes communicating difficult. He nonetheless agreed to a RebellerMedia.com interview this week, a wide-ranging exchange that deserves to be absorbed in full.

One section of the Q&A is particularly noteworthy.

Milius’ approach to art, and his ability to connect with Red State America, is sorely missed. The site asked hims about modern Tinsel Town and what “Hollywood just doesn’t get right now.” 

“Hollywood disdains Fly Over Country and the people who live there. Which is really stupid on the studios’ part because there’s a huge amount of money to be made there. We need more films like American Sniper, Lone Survivor, Hell or High Water and Wind River that all prove that Oklahoma City, Dallas, Nashville, Omaha, and Kansas City will show up at the theaters for good films that aren’t trying to be hip or cynical.”

The writer/director also weighed in on how Hollywood gets history wrong, both on purpose and to the detriment of the country.

“Most Hollywood films about history reflect the times the film was made in, not the real history. I hate revisionist history because it’s always politically correct and politically motivated.”

3 Comments

  1. Hollywood is run by the tribe. As is the rest of the Media. Their Messiahs – Lenin and Stalin – are anathema to flyover country. Sure would be a shame if Hollywood were to disappear. Or not. How could we ever live without Paltrow’s “candles”???

    1. They wont create for flyover country because they absolutely hate White heartland America.

      The sooner you realise this, the sooner things make more sense.

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