. . . World War Two. As depicted during THE WILDCAT, a Germanic army cannot fight its way out of a carpet bag. Populated by fops and drunks, the hapless military menagerie shown here is sure to raise the blood pressure of any would-be Fuhrer. In fact, the furor evoked by THE WILDCAT created a lasting backlash against the sort of gypsy-like nomads making up its on-screen bandit gang, as well as creating animosity toward the general ilk of Artsy-Fartsy types behind the camera. If THE WILDCAT was originally intended as a pointed prick to puncture the blimp of Prussian Hot Air emanating from the Kaiser's recently disemboweled Military\Industrial Complex, any small short-term achievement in this regard constitutes a Classic Pyrrhic Victory. With the help of a slew of U.S. collaborators professing to be "feeling sorry" for the losers of World War One, THE WILDCAT soon instigated a revival of the Teutonic War Machine that was Bigger and Better then ever before. History may record that a self-styled cadre of elitist "Film Buffs" enjoyed the last laugh elicited by THE WILDCAT, but aren't these pompous proles "Whistling Dixie" over 100 million graves?
Review of The Wildcat
The Wildcat
(1921)
Military Historians generally recognize this flick as a leading cause of . . .
9 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers