Comments on: “Bring Me the Head of Adolf Hitler” http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/ It's a Jewish Blog! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ephraim http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968614 Ephraim Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:40:49 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968614 Sam Spade was a midget? Damn. Sam Spade was a midget?

Damn.

]]> By: froylein http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968533 froylein Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:28:04 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968533 German law knows a strict distinction between officially acknowledged religious bodies and "sects", which may be unconstitutional / harmful. The former can benefit from "church tax" (9% to 10% of the income tax, depending on one's federal state) and they may receive tax deductible donations. Humphrey Bogart apparently was so short that in Casablanca, Ingrid Bergman would stand inside a ditch. Prize question: Clint Eastwood made an uncredited appearance in a film directed by an uncle of mine. That film is one of the world's thirty most-played films. What's the title of that film? German law knows a strict distinction between officially acknowledged religious bodies and “sects”, which may be unconstitutional / harmful. The former can benefit from “church tax” (9% to 10% of the income tax, depending on one’s federal state) and they may receive tax deductible donations.

Humphrey Bogart apparently was so short that in Casablanca, Ingrid Bergman would stand inside a ditch.

Prize question: Clint Eastwood made an uncredited appearance in a film directed by an uncle of mine. That film is one of the world’s thirty most-played films. What’s the title of that film?

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968523 Tom Morrissey Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:46 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968523 A friend told me recently that because Clint Eastwood towers over everyone, a ditch was dug for him in the Dirty Harry movies to bring him down to size in scenes with his love interest (Sandra Bullock, I think). Maybe Cruise will move on to Napoleon in his next flick. A friend told me recently that because Clint Eastwood towers over everyone, a ditch was dug for him in the Dirty Harry movies to bring him down to size in scenes with his love interest (Sandra Bullock, I think).

Maybe Cruise will move on to Napoleon in his next flick.

]]> By: Ephraim http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968522 Ephraim Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:57:53 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968522 Is Cruise going to be wearing stilts, or will everybody esle have to stand in a hole or kneel? Is Cruise going to be wearing stilts, or will everybody esle have to stand in a hole or kneel?

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968510 Tom Morrissey Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:39:24 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968510 That's your choice individually, but the German government goes well beyond what we Americans are used to in its opposition to Scientology. I can't help but show it some mercy; L. Ron Hubbard is Middle's favorite author. That’s your choice individually, but the German government goes well beyond what we Americans are used to in its opposition to Scientology.

I can’t help but show it some mercy; L. Ron Hubbard is Middle’s favorite author.

]]> By: froylein http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968494 froylein Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:00:53 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968494 Tom, I think one concern is that Scientology seems to be recruiting heavily in Berlin, so having one of their most prominent figures on spot is worrisome, but the foremost reason is that Scientology stands for a lot of things Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and the others of Valkyrie would have fought and in our understanding, it violates what we consider to be human and civil rights. Letting Cruise shoot a film that will eventually fill the coffers of Scientology, disrespecting the wish of von Stauffenberg's family at that, is what irks a lot of people. The story has been put into film before, an excellent one at that. Hollywood could have had it synchronized had it really been interested in presenting the events of 20 July 1944 to a wider audience. Documentaries and docutainment films have been made galore, some of the best ones by Prof. Dr. Guido Knopp, who is an outstanding expert at presenting history in a fascinating way by merging acted scenes, original documents and eyewitness reports. IMHO Cruise's film is redundant and anybody who minds authorative organizations with supremacist tendencies should stay away from indirectly financing them. That's the freedom of belief <i>I</i> enjoy exercising. Tom, I think one concern is that Scientology seems to be recruiting heavily in Berlin, so having one of their most prominent figures on spot is worrisome, but the foremost reason is that Scientology stands for a lot of things Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and the others of Valkyrie would have fought and in our understanding, it violates what we consider to be human and civil rights. Letting Cruise shoot a film that will eventually fill the coffers of Scientology, disrespecting the wish of von Stauffenberg’s family at that, is what irks a lot of people. The story has been put into film before, an excellent one at that. Hollywood could have had it synchronized had it really been interested in presenting the events of 20 July 1944 to a wider audience. Documentaries and docutainment films have been made galore, some of the best ones by Prof. Dr. Guido Knopp, who is an outstanding expert at presenting history in a fascinating way by merging acted scenes, original documents and eyewitness reports. IMHO Cruise’s film is redundant and anybody who minds authorative organizations with supremacist tendencies should stay away from indirectly financing them. That’s the freedom of belief I enjoy exercising.

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968415 Tom Morrissey Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:31:05 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968415 Maybe we screwed up when we gave you the Grundgesetz, but in any event I'm not sure why the government's stance on Scientology requires taking it out on Cruise or the film. I'm looking forward to the latter. There are many ways of viewing the events of 20 July '44 and I'm sure there's room for another treatment of the subject. Maybe we screwed up when we gave you the Grundgesetz, but in any event I’m not sure why the government’s stance on Scientology requires taking it out on Cruise or the film. I’m looking forward to the latter. There are many ways of viewing the events of 20 July ’44 and I’m sure there’s room for another treatment of the subject.

]]> By: froylein http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968169 froylein Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:09:36 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968169 Tom, there already was a brilliant film version of the events surrounding Valkyrie. Cruise is way too short to resemble Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg. The issues the German government's got with Scientology is that the sect is possibly anti-constitutional with its desire to achieve world dominion and that dissenters have reported having been subject to severe pressure and even physical violence. So, the FRG doesn't mess with people's freedom of creed, but when religious or pseudo-religious bodies take unconstitutional measures to keep and even gain adherents, the government has got to interfere. Tom, there already was a brilliant film version of the events surrounding Valkyrie. Cruise is way too short to resemble Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg. The issues the German government’s got with Scientology is that the sect is possibly anti-constitutional with its desire to achieve world dominion and that dissenters have reported having been subject to severe pressure and even physical violence. So, the FRG doesn’t mess with people’s freedom of creed, but when religious or pseudo-religious bodies take unconstitutional measures to keep and even gain adherents, the government has got to interfere.

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968072 Tom Morrissey Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:36:47 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968072 I'm not a Tom Cruise fan particularly, but he does look strikingly similar to von S. back in the day. Just because Cruise is a Scientologist doesn't mean he can't, you know, act. Too bad the German government did what it could to disrupt the making of the film. I’m not a Tom Cruise fan particularly, but he does look strikingly similar to von S. back in the day. Just because Cruise is a Scientologist doesn’t mean he can’t, you know, act.

Too bad the German government did what it could to disrupt the making of the film.

]]> By: froylein http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968051 froylein Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:45:27 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968051 ck, I'm going to translate a lengthy interview von Böselager did shortly before his death. He lived pretty close to me. A geat man. Von Stauffenberg's son strongly opposes against Cruise playing the role of Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg in <i>Valkyrie</i>. But suppose the clang of hard cash is louder than the whisper of respect. ck, I’m going to translate a lengthy interview von Böselager did shortly before his death. He lived pretty close to me. A geat man.

Von Stauffenberg’s son strongly opposes against Cruise playing the role of Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg in Valkyrie. But suppose the clang of hard cash is louder than the whisper of respect.

]]> By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/07/bring-me-the-head-of-adolf-hitler/#comment-968049 ck Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:34:59 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4699#comment-968049 Finally! An assassination attempt on Hitler that worked! Coincidentally, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, the last surviving member of the failed 1944 plot to kill Hitler, died <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4771574" rel="nofollow">just 2 months ago</a>. <i>Also</i> coincidentally, Tom Cruise is set to play Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, leader of that failed assassination plot, in an upcoming movie called <i>Valkyrie</i>. Hmmmm..... Finally! An assassination attempt on Hitler that worked! Coincidentally, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, the last surviving member of the failed 1944 plot to kill Hitler, died just 2 months ago. Also coincidentally, Tom Cruise is set to play Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, leader of that failed assassination plot, in an upcoming movie called Valkyrie.

Hmmmm…..

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