Brotherhood of the Bell was a movie that i must have missed on my list of things to watch and i am glad i finally got to see it.
Replace Bell with Skull & Bones and you have a pretty good telling of a how a secret society works where you enjoy material wealth in return for selling out your values and ethics.
Of course this being made in the 70s it doesn't really go into the reasons why 'blowing the whistle' is expressly forbidden and met with the complete destruction of your fabricated life within society (lets just say initiation is not pretty and involves some pretty disgusting things used for leverage) but it does address the feeling of hollow emptiness when finding out everything you thought you and your family worked for was simply given to you including your wife!
The problem with this member was he had lived the care free life for 30 years and when actually asked to repay his good fortune by following the orders of the Brotherhood he suddenly develops a conscience after forcing one of his best friends to commit suicide brought on by his actions.
When he tries to go public he is initially lied to by his closest family members and then ridiculed by mainstream media who push out theories of a Jewish or White or Religious privilege conspiracy. Pretty much what you see today when those stories make the mainstream news. The host in particular is exceptionally slimy pandering to his masters in pushing the mad man line. Again just like James Clapper and Anderson Cooper (CNN sucks right? lol) who will say anything for the material gain.
A simple look at how America is controlled and a real message to those who decide to leave the Brotherhood of the Bell.
The ending i thought was a little abrupt but the message was clear. As the Brotherhood only initiates one person each year with the previous one their shall we say Sponsor, Glen Ford and his new initiate broke the chain of continuity by both leaving the Brotherhood. So yes quick to end and probably not that easy in either Freemasons or Skull & Bones as they have international influence but you get the idea. This was after all a TV Movie with a petty budget but they did well depicting the life of living a lie knowing everything you have can be taken away in the blink of an eye.
Real freedom? Sometimes i think the uninitiated are the ones who get more freedom than the members! What kind of a life is it to have everything given to you from the shadows?
I have read many comments from other viewers who are actually cursing because they haven't been picked to do the bidding of controllers. Perhaps they missed the moral message in the film ?
Forget horror films. If this film doesn't scare you with a look at how the entire planets Political, Industrial, Financial, Social and Economic Structure is run then you may as well go back to your indoctrination with shows like Supernatural :P
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