America: Freedom to Fascism is a documentary by Aaron Russo (produced for instance "Trading Places"), that the filmmaker thought once it will be concerned to one theme only: the federal income tax of United States and the fraud that some powerful bankers got away with (and still do). But there were some frightening surprises that Russo found out when digging up the history of tax fraud. The government of United States was becoming the totalitarian state, that reminds us of Germany when it was run by Nazis.
In fact, America: Freedom to Fascism still looks like a film that Russo had to change his point of view to story. This is also the minus point of this documentary, since every once awhile you can't help but thinking that you are watching some another film you began with. Aaron Russo luckily can glue these subjects and elements fairly smoothly: the violent ways of IRS are a prologue to telling of U.S. Government's direction to updated version of Nazi Germany. The release times of V for Vendetta and A Scanner Darkly are not circumstances. And this film is a brave way to remind, how Hitler had his power.
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