In Prelude to War, Frank Capra’s 1942 propaganda documentary meant to encourage American involvement in World War II, the narrator at one point asks, “Just what was it made us change our way of living overnight?” The film, which co -won Best Documentary at the 1943 Oscars, has a simple answer: Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Britain, and Nazi aggression overall.
But the question is one that Capra considered his entire career. His movies often revolved around an Everyman who undergoes a complete
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