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Old 07-09-2009
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Default Hubbard-Era Scientology Movies?

I've read for a long time that Hubbard was in some sense a frustrated filmmaker (kind of like Kim Jong Il, interestingly), and that he concentrated on making movies in California later in his life. This interests me a lot -- I'm a film studies person with a particular interest in ephemeral/insane cinema -- but I haven't seen much detail about this phase of his activities. (I have seen a few photos of him on the set which are a scream -- I seem to recall jodhpurs being involved...)

So does anyone know much about this stuff? I've seen his 'Introduction to Scientology' and 'Classification and Gradation', but those are more like filmed lectures. Did he actually make narrative films? Or were they mostly training films? Has anyone seen them? What were they like?

Based on what I've seen leaked so far, I imagine it would probably be close to impossible to see any of them outside (or even inside) the CoS, but I thought maybe some former members might have some insight or stories to share.

Also: any leaked screenplays/treatments? (This would be such a tempting subject for a research project if only one didn't face the prospect of having to deal with the CoS to actually see the films!!)
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