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Hemp for Victory (1943)
a great movie for the whole family
the movie is well-made for its time for a government publication, and has lots of interesting facts about the history of industrial hemp during the birth of this country. most viewable versions are copies of copies, so tend to be rather grainy, but the movie itself is well worth watching.
i will not speculate on why the US Government promoted industrial hemp at one time, but now campaigns against it, but there are many people who will. there are several countries in Europe that allow farmers to produce industrial hemp. Henry Ford made a car fueled by industrial hemp seed oil. one can only imagine the number of American jobs that would be created, and family farms that would be supported, by allowing vehicles to run on industrial hemp oil.
also, the Constitution was written on industrial hemp paper.
Marquis (1989)
not a good 'first date' movie
i was impressed by the variety of animation techniques in this film. Marquis played at the 'art' movie house in salt lake, which was across the street from where i worked. this was the kind of theater that only played movies for 2 or 3 days, and their schedule only described it as 'animated'.
long story short, i invited a girl to see this as our first date. while i was amazed by the animation and found some of the dialog/situations to be humorous, i felt quite awkward under the circumstances. luckily, she wasn't too offended, and even found the Marquis' talking, um, body part rather cute.
i have tried to find this movie several times over the years, if only to see if it was really as crazy as i recall.