Movies that portray White Nationalists are even more heavily scrutinized. I found through the forums there are many movies that portray White Nationalists, but few are deemed acceptable by them. The most popular movie portraying White Nationalists is "American History X." It was discussed in class, that White Nationalists actually loved a lot of the parts in this movie. The brutal violence towards blacks were cheered upon in the forums. In their eyes the movie takes a turn for the worst when the characters are made to realize that hate is wrong and decide to leave the movement. As described on Storm Front, a lot of these movies have some "agenda" by them. Like World War II movies do with Nazis, movies about White Nationalists depicts them as the villains, or has a story where someone on the villain side takes a turn for good.
Many people in the forums point out the scarcity of good movies about White Nationalists. Many of the current movies out, are either cheesy and depicts White Nationalists as the villains, or are just terrible films in general. However, a movie I kept seeing be brought up repeatedly was "Romper Stomper." This movie seems to be the golden standard of movies dealing with White Nationalists. No surprise that this movie was released in Australia. Usually, foreign movies are better received by White Nationalists because they are free of Jewish influence (in their minds).
Here is an interesting post by SSleinpnir in the forums of Storm Front regarding "Romper Stomper:"
It has much more of an impact on the viewer because of it's extreme realism. American History X takes some of most brutal scenes of all time and just makes them look like silly lifetime specials by slowing it all down and making everything melodramatic.
Romper Stomper does the opposite, it films everything as it happens, making it one of the most disturbingly realistic works I've ever seen. Also, unlike other films about skinheads, Romper Stomper takes a completely unbiased look at their culture. Instead of showing everyone has rude, inconsiderate miscreants and then centering the film on the one person who is above at all, this film displays their culture for what it really is.
A realistic look at the skinheads, instead of an over-dramatic look at the struggle one person makes to get out. Russell Crowe is disturbingly natural, fully absorbed and overwhelmingly commanding in his greatest performance of all time.
"Romper Stomper" seems to be a favorite because it depicts White Nationalists in an unbiased manner, many believe that movies made in America in present day cannot be unbiased because many directors are afraid to "step on the toes of the Jewish power behind their industry."
After reading many reviews about "Romper Stomper," I found that it is very similar to " A Clockwork Orange." It is of no surprise that White Nationalists would respond to a movie that pays homage to Stanley Kubrick's classic. Many White Nationalists have Stanley Kubrick's movies in their top 10. The classics are more acceptable movies because it was prior to all the "influence" of Hollywood today. If you look at their favorite movies, they usually don’t date sooner than the 80s. The older movies still portray whites as the hero, something that they believe Hollywood won't do today.
