https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/16/space-the-fascist-frontier/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:41:52 -0400<![CDATA[Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s epochal 2001: A Space Odyssey is, visually and structurally, an absolutely stunning achievement, and has long been one of my favorite movies. But it was name-checked in Susan Sontag&#8217;s 1975 essay &#8220;Fascinating Fascism&#8221;, and fits remarkably well, from its opening music onward, into the checklist of themes that the chapter on Hollywood and Fascism discussed in a certain recent bestselling book on Progressive Corporatism, or Totalitarian Sentimentality, or something with a similar title. It&#8217;s probably not a coincidence that its director&#8217;s planned next project, until the lights went out in Hollywood, was an epic biography of Napoleon.]]>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:55:13 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/12/16/space-the-fascist-frontier-n250771