Harvard Society of Fellows; Author of The Collaboration: Hollywood's Pact with Hitler
November 19, 2013
6:15pm - 8:00pm
Carpenter Center Auditorium, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Part of the Film and Visual Studies Colloquium
About
Since its publication late this summer, Urwand's book, The Collaboration: Hollywood's Pact with Hitler (Harvard University Press) has found wide acclaim and generated intense international discussion.
Critic Greil Marcus calls The Collaboration “a tremendous piece of work, fully sustained, building momentum charged by thrillingly detailed storytelling, increasing suspense, and a consistent movement from outrages to atrocities, with a stunning conclusion of heroism and tragedy.” Julia Klein, writing in The Boston Globe, describes the book's revelations as "nothing short of astonishing, going well beyond what was known about Hollywood’s timidity during that era. With damning archival evidence, Urwand argues that the studios, motivated by profits, were reluctant to abandon the German market, where American films were popular and Hitler himself was a fan.”
To be sure, this intriguing study has occasioned much critical dissent and catalyzed strong controversy. Please join us to be part of this important discussion!
