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Robert Edsel authored the book and George Clooney both wrote and starred in Monuments Men. The film was about a group of men who would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. Their secret mission, while death and doom dominated the European continent, was to find —and return to rightful owners— Art stolen by the Nazis during World War II This platoon was recruited by edict from President Roosevelt but they were more familiar with Michaelangelo than M-2s They were in a race against time and a thing called Reality The production budget of MONUMENTS MEN was $70,000,000 Most of the film was shot at nine locations in Germany between March and June, 2013 However, two years before the filming began, 1500 pieces of art were confiscated from the home of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of the man handpicked by Goring to sell art confiscated by the Nazis. BUT the confiscation of the Gurlitt hoard did not become public until November, 2013 That was after MONUMENTS MEN had finished filming in Germany Which is why I superimposed a question on the image of Robert Edsel: CAN WE TRUST THIS MAN? This man, with a bleached Donald Trump 'do, wrote the book about the same art as was confiscated from Cornelius Gurlitt but kept secret the entire time the film, based on Edsel's book, was filming YET the text accompanying his image describes Edsel as "among those who refuse to forget the Nazi's crimes" AND NOW, Edsel is producing an eight-part TV program titled "Hunting Nazi Treasures" The film, MONUMENTS MEN, deservedly bombed The truth behind Cornelius Gurlitt's billion dollar art collection shatters the premise of the book, MONUMENTS MEN !!! But the book's author, with his bleached Trump 'do, is going to tell the story of plundered Nazi art one more time Maybe Mr. Edsel should learn a lesson from the car with the same name: It was taken off the road after three years *** My next Gurlitt page is here |
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