after seeing the movie, I had a chance to read the book that the movie was based upon.
Of course no movie can reproduce a book perfectly; there just isn't time. But the basics of the film and the book match up-- the smoke screen magazine "The Right Way", the eager fake millionaire, the snuff film, Hitler's goblet, the rallies, befriending Nazi skinheads...
And while Oliver Platt doesn't look exactly like Yaron Svoray, he is as believable as an Aryan as Svoray.
the book, "In Hitler's Shadow" includes many photos of Svoray at Nazi rallies, hanging out with Skins, and has a picture of the "investor" with Hitler's valet.
So, unless the book itself is a complete fabrication of lies, the movie does a pretty good job of summing up the story.
Of course no movie can reproduce a book perfectly; there just isn't time. But the basics of the film and the book match up-- the smoke screen magazine "The Right Way", the eager fake millionaire, the snuff film, Hitler's goblet, the rallies, befriending Nazi skinheads...
And while Oliver Platt doesn't look exactly like Yaron Svoray, he is as believable as an Aryan as Svoray.
the book, "In Hitler's Shadow" includes many photos of Svoray at Nazi rallies, hanging out with Skins, and has a picture of the "investor" with Hitler's valet.
So, unless the book itself is a complete fabrication of lies, the movie does a pretty good job of summing up the story.