Aaron Russo – Freedom to Fascism

The very last work of Aaron Russo, a very successful manager and filmmaker (Bette Midler, Trading Places), was a documentary that, while in the making, had been seen as the possible end to much of government tyranny. And with what it shows it should be – but apparently there are the powers that like conditions as they are, and the movie bogged down in the distribution.

In pre-screenings the movie had received standing ovations, but due to the lack of wide distribution into the main stream, the movie had limited impact.

I ran into the following interview in which Mr. Russo, not too long before he succumbed to cancer, told much of his story.

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