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Lifting The Veil Link: http://metanoia-films.org/compilations.php Runtime: 1h, 53m Film about what I would call the fascist corpratocracy that has overtaken America (although they don't call it that). This film is a left-wing take on the expansion of war, corporate influence, the dissolution of civil liberties and generally how we're all hosed. It's primarily an anti-Obama documentary. It does a good job of reminding people how he has failed in many of his campaign promises and has watered down the rest. There is some discussion about how the two parties are actually one corporate elitist party with two heads. They say the Democrats are marginally better, but (channeling their inner Michael Moore campaigning for Ralph Nader in 2000) they say when you vote for the lesser evil, you still get evil. They make some other platitudes about how the Dems have no spine, usual grass roots talking point stuff. Personally, as a non-ideological person, I found this approach to be shallow and telling about their world view; you may disagree. Overall, the film could certainly use a bit more in the way of details. For example: what about Cap and Trade? They seem to be for it and criticize Obama for not getting it done, but do they know that 1) it will have no effect on the environment and that 2) it's primarily supported by wealthy bankers who want to trade carbon credits at the expense of increased energy prices on everyday citizens?! Of course not, because their analysis is shallow. The film has original interviews with figures like Noam Chomsky. It also uses a lot of recycled footage from Democracy Now, The Real News and the sometimes useful Kremlin controlled propaganda outfit Russia Today (RT). There are few or no conservative perspectives presented. The soundtrack includes Pink Floyd's Money and songs by Rage Against the Machine. I haven't watched the last 20 minutes or so of it, but I plan on doing so later today. I know I just wrote a fairly scathing review of it, but I do think it's worth recommending for those capable of separating opinion from fact. quote:The American Dream Movie Yeah, it goes a bit too far at some points (Executive Order 11110), but overall I found it to be fairly accurate. The heart of the film is certainly in the right place. It's pretty entertaining. EDIT: Two more... Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-M60q2gOUE Also available on Netflix (not streaming). Runtime:2h 13m Pretty straight forward documentary about Waco. Very methodical and very boring, therefore by law of documentary filmmaking, it must all be true. There is a sequel to this, but I haven't seen it yet. --------- Mena Cover Up Link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7349140906801270904# Runtime:56m The most boring documentary ever. Do not watch if suicidal. You won't survive it. It's about how when Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas, he helped the CIA import/export drugs and unmarked weapons as part of the Iran/Contra affair during the 1980s. What, you thought people who called him the most corrupt president in modern history were just talking about dick sucking? There are other documentaries on this subject on Google video as well, but I haven't seen them. They couldn't possibly be more boring than this though. StickySweater fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Mar 18, 2011 |
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^ Yup, I'm an idiot. I'll fix it. EDIT: Done.
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Human Resources Release Date: 11-30-2010 Link: http://metanoia-films.org/hr_watchonline.php Runtime: 2 hours Official description: "explores the rise of mechanistic philosphy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarhical systems. Topics covered include behaviorism, scientific management, work-place democracy, schooling, frustration-aggression hypothesis and human experimentation." Similar to the film I posted a few pages back, this documentary discusses the use and misuse of the American worker since the industrial revolution. It includes interviews with Noam Chomsky and people who have Noam Chomsky books in the background. That should give you a pretty good idea where it's coming from. The term "Human Resources" is taken to it's logical extreme, showing that often people are used in the cruelest of ways. I found that the documentary seemed to be going off topic once in a while, but really, I just needed to reorient myself to how they were using the term "Human Resources." Overall, I'd say this was entertaining, but not exactly super exciting. Didn't tell me much I didn't already know, but serves as a good reminder about what our government has done in recent history via programs like MKULTRA.
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That's a good one. Fire in the Sky is based on the supposedly real life abduction of Travis Walton. This American Life has a segment on it here beginning at about 37 minutes in. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/421/last-man-standing The movie is available streaming here on Netflix. It's pretty good. http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Fire-in-the-Sky/70011067#height1527 If you like the X-Files, it's a must watch.
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