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Theaters of War

Now, they were to promote something called public understanding, recruiting, and official...

Now, they were to promote something called public understanding, recruiting, and official policy positions

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Now, they were to promote something
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called public understanding, recruiting, and official policy
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positions.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:30
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
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Movie Summary

If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you might suspect all that military machinery comes with strings attached. This influence is not limited to a handful of movies, though. A vast new trove of internal documents reveals that t...
Whose interests are being served in practice? - Theaters of War 00:04
Whose interests are being served in practice?
MATTHEW ALFORD: Producers are able to get cut-price helicopters, - Theaters of War 00:10
MATTHEW ALFORD: Producers are able to get cut-price...
And the more realistic, of course, a film can be, - Theaters of War 00:09
And the more realistic, of course, a film can be,
And the DOD says this is a wonderful opportunity - Theaters of War 00:14
And the DOD says this is a wonderful opportunity
ROGER STAHL: Just listen to how the Pentagon itself - Theaters of War 00:08
ROGER STAHL: Just listen to how the Pentagon itself
"Entertainment feature films like - Theaters of War 00:07
"Entertainment feature films like
Audiences going to see the film will voluntarily - Theaters of War 00:12
Audiences going to see the film will voluntarily
SEBASTIAN KAEMPF: There are particular types of directors and filmmakers - Theaters of War 00:16
SEBASTIAN KAEMPF: There are particular types of directors...
PHIL STRUB: We've worked with Mr. Bay here since Armageddon, - Theaters of War 00:08
PHIL STRUB: We've worked with Mr. Bay here since...
The name of the game in his world - Theaters of War 00:10
The name of the game in his world
ROGER STAHL: For them, it's a matter of greenlighting - Theaters of War 00:05
ROGER STAHL: For them, it's a matter of greenlighting
So what the effect quite often is - Theaters of War 00:10
So what the effect quite often is
Once we said we're interested, then we - Theaters of War 00:04
Once we said we're interested, then we
We were concerned about will the military allow us to do it. - Theaters of War 00:04
We were concerned about will the military allow us to do it.
Because we had written six pictures before this, and not - Theaters of War 00:05
Because we had written six pictures before this, and not
SEBASTIAN KAEMPF: People self-censor and tame down any potential critical - Theaters of War 00:12
SEBASTIAN KAEMPF: People self-censor and tame down any...
ROGER STAHL: The CIA essentially copied this model - Theaters of War 00:07
ROGER STAHL: The CIA essentially copied this model
TRICIA JENKINS: But what they figured out is that they can be really - Theaters of War 00:06
TRICIA JENKINS: But what they figured out is that they can...
And so they work a lot with screen writers - Theaters of War 00:13
And so they work a lot with screen writers
ROGER STAHL: As you might imagine, - Theaters of War 00:12
ROGER STAHL: As you might imagine,