Dreamworks' most controversial film ever.... HOFFMAN

Well, here's a movie that has some chutzpah at the very least. The movie is called HOFFMAN. Fairly non-inflammatory right? Well as best as I can tell this is a movie that... well... could be brilliant... could be trash... and it could be a film that some people rage against and others blindly support.

You see, this is the fictional (as in untrue) story of a successful Jewish art dealer in pre-Nazi Germany. You see, his name is Hoffman, and he's a man of privilege. He has a stunning and alluring Dietrich-ian mistress. In addition he has an elitest waif ballerina wife. And he has a friend, a young struggling penniless war veteran artist, who's a bit scruffy, but his name is...

Adolpf Hitler

And the story is about how this young Jewish art dealer and his friendship with Hitler helped to form Adolph into the future monster of war that we now know him.

Once again this is going to be one of those, "What if it happened like this..." sort of story where the screenwriter (Menno "COLOR PURPLE, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, THE SIEGE" Meyjes) hypothesizes about what it was that drove Hitler to take the stances he took. Surely he just wasn't 'born that way', something in his environment shaped and formed him into the monster he became.

I don't know much more on this project other than it's set up over at DREAMWORKS and that the screenwriter, Menno Meyjes, is also planning on directing. Now... To me, this could be an excellent dramatic film that should mirror a bit of what happens to Anakin Skywalker in that ol story of George's. Because this is a fascinating subject matter to me. Especially in the political and soceital climate that we currently live in. What creates or contributes to evil... Hopefully this project is exploring that deeper than we have seen it before... If you know anything more about this project.... By all means let me know... I'm curious.