tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post5045304921047512762..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Public What? Oh, Enemies?blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-21065994039232974862009-07-04T10:10:49.743-07:002009-07-04T10:10:49.743-07:00Most of this is historically accurate but often gl...Most of this is historically accurate but often glossed over in other films about Dillinger and the bank robbers of the time.<br />Read up on the Kansas City Massacre in which there was a massive shoot out when the FBI tried to bring to justice Frank Nash and they were attacked by Pretty Boy Floyd and Vern Miller. <br /><br />They were armed and abbeted by the Kansas City Mob which was controlled by the Pendergrast Machine which gave us President Truman. This led to the FBI carrying guns at all time and let Hoover turn the dogs loose like Purvis.<br /><br />Although Johnny Depp sort of looks cool enough to be Dillinger, the can only be one real Dillinger: Warren Oates.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-59314760836900153982009-07-03T07:34:49.264-07:002009-07-03T07:34:49.264-07:00I'll probably go see it, like Ruth Anne, just ...I'll probably go see it, like Ruth Anne, just to see a little Wisconsin town make it to the big time.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-20610995883265039922009-07-03T05:31:47.293-07:002009-07-03T05:31:47.293-07:00Wisconsin recently passed laws that allowed specia...Wisconsin recently passed laws that allowed special tax status to film endeavors. Part of this film was filmed in my little town of Columbus, Wisconsin [population: oh, about 4000]. The winter exteriors of the bank robbery were my downtown and the love scenes were in the Poser mansion, 4 blocks up the street from my little Victorian girlhood home. Johnny Depp was greeted as a conquering hero and Marion Cottillard had just won her Oscar. The local Senior Center is doing a bus trip to the movie premier, followed by an early dinner. That's right. A town so small it doesn't even have a movie theater. But Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan designed 3 buildings in the town. <br /><br />Anyway. I'm inclined to go and watch it just to see my home town on the big screen. I'm not much of a Depp fan, but I do pull for the little rural small towns, especially the one I know and love so well. That 'pulling for the little guy' might explain Dillinger's attaction to folks like me.Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.com