This is one of those fascinating documentaries that came out during WWII that made no attempt to be anything other than war propaganda.
It's so funny now to see people get all hot and bothered by films like "Fahrenheit 9/11" and crucify Michael Moore for pushing such a blatant agenda. They act like before Moore came on to the scene, no documentarian ever had a point of view or tried to manipulate audiences to think a certain way about an issue. Obviously, these people have never seen any of the propaganda films that came out around this time in world history, or for that matter any films by Frederick Wiseman, Leni Riefenstahl, Robert Flaherty or a hundred other documentary film makers who have been making movies for the last 80 years.
"Target for Tonight" is actually kind of laughable now, because it's SO heavy handed. But don't lost sight of its historical context and forget that this movie and others like it were deadly serious in their intentions.
Grade: A
It's so funny now to see people get all hot and bothered by films like "Fahrenheit 9/11" and crucify Michael Moore for pushing such a blatant agenda. They act like before Moore came on to the scene, no documentarian ever had a point of view or tried to manipulate audiences to think a certain way about an issue. Obviously, these people have never seen any of the propaganda films that came out around this time in world history, or for that matter any films by Frederick Wiseman, Leni Riefenstahl, Robert Flaherty or a hundred other documentary film makers who have been making movies for the last 80 years.
"Target for Tonight" is actually kind of laughable now, because it's SO heavy handed. But don't lost sight of its historical context and forget that this movie and others like it were deadly serious in their intentions.
Grade: A