Chile-based Escala Humana Prods., led by Sebastián Brahm, is developing an ambitious English-language series titled “Golpe” about a little-known story behind the CIA’s involvement in the fall of Chile’s first Socialist president, Salvador Allende.
Intended for a U.S. audience and based on declassified U.S. government documents, the first season of the historical crime drama series, titled “The Abduction of a Commander-in-Chief,” will dramatize the CIA’s covert attempt to trigger a coup before Marxist candidate Salvador Allende assumes power in 1970 Chile and a CIA officer’s initial instinct to undermine it.
“It pits traditional corporate interest in U.S. interventionism against the ultra-liberal disciples of Milton Friedman that would later run the show, to whom the chaos of a communist regime was a necessary step before full-scale privatization; Chile was a global test case and ‘Golpe’ will tell the story,” said Brahm, adding that he reviewed...
Intended for a U.S. audience and based on declassified U.S. government documents, the first season of the historical crime drama series, titled “The Abduction of a Commander-in-Chief,” will dramatize the CIA’s covert attempt to trigger a coup before Marxist candidate Salvador Allende assumes power in 1970 Chile and a CIA officer’s initial instinct to undermine it.
“It pits traditional corporate interest in U.S. interventionism against the ultra-liberal disciples of Milton Friedman that would later run the show, to whom the chaos of a communist regime was a necessary step before full-scale privatization; Chile was a global test case and ‘Golpe’ will tell the story,” said Brahm, adding that he reviewed...
- 11/27/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Turning Point USA — the right-wing powerhouse run by Charlie Kirk — began as a campus crusade for capitalism. Its mission, as recorded with the IRS since 2012, is to enlighten students about “fiscal responsibility” and the virtues of “free markets.”
But in recent months, Tpusa has adopted a cause that’s very different from foisting Milton Friedman on frat boys. The group is putting its cash, and its political cachet, behind Christian nationalism, promising to “restore America’s biblical values.” Indeed, Tpusa has embraced a new crusade to “empower Christians to change the trajectory of our nation.
But in recent months, Tpusa has adopted a cause that’s very different from foisting Milton Friedman on frat boys. The group is putting its cash, and its political cachet, behind Christian nationalism, promising to “restore America’s biblical values.” Indeed, Tpusa has embraced a new crusade to “empower Christians to change the trajectory of our nation.
- 5/23/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Cognizant of the ever-raw emotion elicited by monumental civil unrest, Chilean producer-directors Carola Fuentes and Rafael Valdeavellano glimpse boldly into the Neoliberal structures that seemingly divided and destroyed a nation’s prosperity.
With a lens on the uphill battle to achieve a semblance of peace amidst a global pandemic, a country makes an historic and eager leap towards progress, a new constitution and leader at the fore.
“Breaking The Brick” dutifully follows the pair’s 2015 feature-length documentary, “Chicago Boys,” which interviewed authors in charge of drafting El Ladrillo, a Neoliberal free market text-turned economic model influenced by Milton Friedman and instituted by the Pinochet dictatorship. Though touted as a miraculous way to bring prosperity to Chile, the system eventually drew criticism when the public saw wealth disparities spiral.
The film begins with a delicate yet forceful metaphor that equates the populace to the cells within a caterpillar that have to...
With a lens on the uphill battle to achieve a semblance of peace amidst a global pandemic, a country makes an historic and eager leap towards progress, a new constitution and leader at the fore.
“Breaking The Brick” dutifully follows the pair’s 2015 feature-length documentary, “Chicago Boys,” which interviewed authors in charge of drafting El Ladrillo, a Neoliberal free market text-turned economic model influenced by Milton Friedman and instituted by the Pinochet dictatorship. Though touted as a miraculous way to bring prosperity to Chile, the system eventually drew criticism when the public saw wealth disparities spiral.
The film begins with a delicate yet forceful metaphor that equates the populace to the cells within a caterpillar that have to...
- 4/30/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
At the same moment Disney-critical documentary “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” was premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, the media giant’s controversy du jour involved the treatment of dwarfs in its upcoming live-action “Snow White” remake. “Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho!” as the lyrics go. “We dig up diamonds by the score / A thousand rubies, sometimes more / Though we don’t know what we dig ’em for.” Turns out, the employees of Disneyland can say the same, generating enormous wealth for shareholders and CEOs while earning barely enough to feed their families — a situation Abigail Disney wants to do something about.
The granddaughter of The Walt Disney Co. co-founder Roy O. Disney — and a direct beneficiary of its corporate policies — Abigail Disney doesn’t like to see the little guy exploited. Some may recognize the filmmaker (who shares credit with “The Armor of Life” collaborator Kathleen Hughes) from media appearances,...
The granddaughter of The Walt Disney Co. co-founder Roy O. Disney — and a direct beneficiary of its corporate policies — Abigail Disney doesn’t like to see the little guy exploited. Some may recognize the filmmaker (who shares credit with “The Armor of Life” collaborator Kathleen Hughes) from media appearances,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Walt Disney, Frank Capra, Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday, Johnny Cash and Alex Trebek are among the entertainment industry figures who have been added as proposed honorees in the National Garden of American Heroes monument project unveiled by President Donald Trump in July.
As he began his final 48 hours as President, Trump issued an amended executive order Monday that added dozens of names slated to be honored in the the planned statuary park. The location for the park has yet to be determined. Trump first announced the plan on July 3 during his speech at Mt. Rushmore.
Among the entertainment-related names making the cut are Louis Armstrong, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Irving Berlin, Humphrey Bogart, Kobe Bryant, Frank Capra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Woody Guthrie, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and Jimmy Stewart. The monument will honor those deemed to be “historically...
As he began his final 48 hours as President, Trump issued an amended executive order Monday that added dozens of names slated to be honored in the the planned statuary park. The location for the park has yet to be determined. Trump first announced the plan on July 3 during his speech at Mt. Rushmore.
Among the entertainment-related names making the cut are Louis Armstrong, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Irving Berlin, Humphrey Bogart, Kobe Bryant, Frank Capra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Woody Guthrie, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and Jimmy Stewart. The monument will honor those deemed to be “historically...
- 1/18/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The costs of slowing the spread of coronavirus are enormous. Large sections of the economy have ground to a halt. The stock market has crashed. Unemployment claims surged by more than 3 million last week alone. Congress was forced to pass a $2.2 trillion rescue package — and it will likely need to add to that as the budgets of states on the front lines begin to crater. President Trump has bellyached “we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself” — though he has now blessedly backed off plans to reopen the country by Easter.
- 3/30/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Chile’s storied tradition in documentary filmmaking dates as far back as 1900 when its first recorded documentary short “Las Carreras del Viña del Mar” tracked its annual horse race derby in the coastal town of Viña del Mar. Its director remains anonymous as were those of many docs in the early part of the century.
It is perhaps Chile’s most prominent documentary filmmaker, Patricio Guzman, who, in his bid to sustain the memory of Chile’s dark history with such compelling gems as three-part “The Battle of Chile,” has helped keep the country’s documentary tradition as vibrant and renowned as it is now.
“A country without documentaries is like a family without photo albums,” he has said.
Now 77, Guzman has a new doc, “The Cordillera of Dreams,” playing at the Special Screening at Cannes.
A plethora of non-fiction films about Chile’s political history continue to be made,...
It is perhaps Chile’s most prominent documentary filmmaker, Patricio Guzman, who, in his bid to sustain the memory of Chile’s dark history with such compelling gems as three-part “The Battle of Chile,” has helped keep the country’s documentary tradition as vibrant and renowned as it is now.
“A country without documentaries is like a family without photo albums,” he has said.
Now 77, Guzman has a new doc, “The Cordillera of Dreams,” playing at the Special Screening at Cannes.
A plethora of non-fiction films about Chile’s political history continue to be made,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
For most of his professional life, Glenn Jacobs was not known by his real name. He was Kane, the WWE superstar who, as the disfigured younger brother of The Undertaker, won pretty much every championship the organization had to offer. Though the 51-year-old never officially left the ring, his given name has taken precedence in recent years. Jacobs and his wife Crystal own an insurance agency and real estate company in Knoxville, Tennessee, and last April he announced his candidacy for Knox County mayor. About 13 months and tens of thousands of knocked-doors later,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
★★☆☆☆ The subject matter of Carola Fuentes and Rafael Valdeavellano's Chicago Boys is certainly worthy of documentary coverage but its narrow scope and dull presentation mean it is unlikely to appeal to many viewers other than students of financial history. Under the tutelage of Milton Friedman and Arnold Harberger, from the mid-1950s onwards groups of economists from the Pontifical Catholic University in Santiago travelled to Chicago's School of Economics to learn better teaching methods in order that they be equipped with the means necessary to rescue their country from ruin.
- 6/19/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Michael Shannon is lip-smackingly good as a reptilian real-estate broker forcing hard-up homeowners on to the street
It so happens that this film gets its release here just as high-risk, high-yield mortgage bonds are making a cheeky comeback in the Us. The name has been changed from “sub-prime” to “non-prime”. There are higher safeguards, reportedly, although that new prefix weirdly makes it sound like fewer. So 99 Homes coincides with the financial world’s Windscale/Sellafield moment.
It first appeared at last year’s Venice film festival but it gripped me just as much on a second viewing – a piercing comment on the toxic-loan slump and the bailout bonanza that appears to underline Milton Friedman’s immortal words: socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the rest. Ramin Bahrani – who directed Goodbye Solo (2008) and Man Push Cart (2005) – has created a middle-class nightmare driven by the powerful engine of shame: the shame...
It so happens that this film gets its release here just as high-risk, high-yield mortgage bonds are making a cheeky comeback in the Us. The name has been changed from “sub-prime” to “non-prime”. There are higher safeguards, reportedly, although that new prefix weirdly makes it sound like fewer. So 99 Homes coincides with the financial world’s Windscale/Sellafield moment.
It first appeared at last year’s Venice film festival but it gripped me just as much on a second viewing – a piercing comment on the toxic-loan slump and the bailout bonanza that appears to underline Milton Friedman’s immortal words: socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the rest. Ramin Bahrani – who directed Goodbye Solo (2008) and Man Push Cart (2005) – has created a middle-class nightmare driven by the powerful engine of shame: the shame...
- 9/24/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
While "Big Men" opens with quotes about greed from economist Milton Friedman and the film "Treasure Of The Sierra Madre," it's a line of dialogue from another movie struck me watching Rachel Boynton's documentary: "There's a whole ocean of oil under our feet! No one can get at it except for me!" Those are Daniel Plainview's words from Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," and they seem to be the unspoken sentiment that energizes many of the interested parties in "Big Men," a look at how big business, international politics and oil trading has come to bear in Africa, specifically in Nigeria and Ghana. And while that may sound like the kind of premise easily given to a David vs. Goliath approach, Boynton's film is refreshingly complex, with a look at the issue as it goes from the boardrooms of private equity firms all the way down...
- 3/17/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program and Fund has selected 29 documentary features to receive $550,000 in grants. Sundance's jury of doc pros and human rights experts made the selection from 772 submissions from 88 countries. The filmmakers boasts a wide range of experience, from rookies to veterans. They come from Chile, Libya, Cuba, Cambodia and Pakistan. According to Sundance, the jury looked at the films' "approach to storytelling, artistic treatment and innovation, subject relevance and potential for social engagement." Since its inception the Dfp has awarded more than $14.3 million in grants to more than 600 documentary films in 61 countries, including these new projects. Proposals are accepted twice a year; more information is here. Full list of winners below. Development Chicago Boys (Chile) Director: Carola Fuentes The film tells how a group of Milton Friedman’s disciples – backed by a military...
- 7/11/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Ken Loach's nostalgic homage to the birth of the welfare state and Beveridge spirit is salutary for our age of austerity
The events and attitudes revived in Ken Loach's documentary-homage are so exotically distant that the "the spirit of '45" might as well mean the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. It consists of archive clips from the postwar Attlee government that brought in the welfare state, and interviews with surviving members of that generation – not the high-ups, but the doctors, nurses, trade unionists and general citizen-consumers of the new statist consensus that survived until Margaret Thatcher arrived in 1979. There is perhaps something a bit patrician-nostalgist in Ken Loach's movie, but I found myself increasingly swept along by the calm simplicity of its presentation, which makes it clear that the NHS is our last stand, the last survivor of the Beveridge spirit; it arose from the war, and this film...
The events and attitudes revived in Ken Loach's documentary-homage are so exotically distant that the "the spirit of '45" might as well mean the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. It consists of archive clips from the postwar Attlee government that brought in the welfare state, and interviews with surviving members of that generation – not the high-ups, but the doctors, nurses, trade unionists and general citizen-consumers of the new statist consensus that survived until Margaret Thatcher arrived in 1979. There is perhaps something a bit patrician-nostalgist in Ken Loach's movie, but I found myself increasingly swept along by the calm simplicity of its presentation, which makes it clear that the NHS is our last stand, the last survivor of the Beveridge spirit; it arose from the war, and this film...
- 3/15/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
To understand how the conservative movement has been so successful in shaping government policy over the past couple of years, it helps to take a look at the organization behind the movement. One such organization is the American Legislative Exchange Council, or Alec. Alec first drew attention for its support for Florida's Stand Your Ground law, but that’s not all they're up to: in state after state, Alec has been pushing conservative plans for education, taxes, and the environment, with The Koch brothers giving an undisclosed amount of money to the organization.
John Nichols at The Nation summarizes Alec's modus operandi:
Alec is a critical arm of the right-wing network of policy shops that, with infusions of corporate cash, has evolved to shape American politics. Inspired by Milton Friedman’s call for conservatives to "develop alternatives to existing policies [and] keep them alive and available," Alec’s model legislation reflects long-term goals: downsizing government,...
John Nichols at The Nation summarizes Alec's modus operandi:
Alec is a critical arm of the right-wing network of policy shops that, with infusions of corporate cash, has evolved to shape American politics. Inspired by Milton Friedman’s call for conservatives to "develop alternatives to existing policies [and] keep them alive and available," Alec’s model legislation reflects long-term goals: downsizing government,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Joe Hines
- Celebsology
Conclusion
As part of a weekly series exploring the policy positions of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, this article examines Mitt Romney's education plan: what it claims, what it promises, and whether it delivers. Make sure to check back on Wednesday for a full analysis of Barack Obama's education plans, and follow PoliticOlogy for weekly analyses of the candidates' positions.
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Aside from the occasional report from partisan non-profits, like the Reaganesque Center for Education Reform, there is no research to prove the value of choice systems in schools. While most people will acknowledge that the status quo is certainly not serving a significant portion of the population, education reform experts will be disparaging of vouchers and charters, arguing instead for a more holistic approach to education.
So, briefly, here’s why Romney’s planned voucher system...
As part of a weekly series exploring the policy positions of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, this article examines Mitt Romney's education plan: what it claims, what it promises, and whether it delivers. Make sure to check back on Wednesday for a full analysis of Barack Obama's education plans, and follow PoliticOlogy for weekly analyses of the candidates' positions.
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Aside from the occasional report from partisan non-profits, like the Reaganesque Center for Education Reform, there is no research to prove the value of choice systems in schools. While most people will acknowledge that the status quo is certainly not serving a significant portion of the population, education reform experts will be disparaging of vouchers and charters, arguing instead for a more holistic approach to education.
So, briefly, here’s why Romney’s planned voucher system...
- 6/18/2012
- by David Barnett
- Celebsology
PoliticOlogy’s Analysis
As part of a weekly series exploring the policy positions of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, this article examines Mitt Romney's education plan: what it claims, what it promises, and whether it delivers. Make sure to check back on Wednesday for a full analysis of Barack Obama's education plans, and follow PoliticOlogy for weekly analyses of the candidates' positions.
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Romney's education plan has a misleading focus on choice, efficiency, transparency and results. But once broken down, the plan's flaws become obvious and untenable.
Promoting choice and innovation:
Romney’s new, innovative approach to education reform comes directly from Milton Friedman, who wrote the following:
Our elementary and secondary educational system needs to be radically restructured. Such a reconstruction can be achieved only by privatizing a major segment of the educational system — i.e.
As part of a weekly series exploring the policy positions of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, this article examines Mitt Romney's education plan: what it claims, what it promises, and whether it delivers. Make sure to check back on Wednesday for a full analysis of Barack Obama's education plans, and follow PoliticOlogy for weekly analyses of the candidates' positions.
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Romney's education plan has a misleading focus on choice, efficiency, transparency and results. But once broken down, the plan's flaws become obvious and untenable.
Promoting choice and innovation:
Romney’s new, innovative approach to education reform comes directly from Milton Friedman, who wrote the following:
Our elementary and secondary educational system needs to be radically restructured. Such a reconstruction can be achieved only by privatizing a major segment of the educational system — i.e.
- 6/18/2012
- by David Barnett
- Celebsology
As part of a weekly series exploring the policy positions of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, this article examines Mitt Romney's education plan: what it claims, what it promises, and whether it delivers. Make sure to check back on Wednesday for a full analysis of Barack Obama's education plans, and follow PoliticOlogy for weekly analyses of the candidates' positions.
Mitt Romney's Education Plan:
"As President, I’ll be champion of real education reform in this country," Romney said at a press conference to unveil his K-12 education plan:
Sadly, his plans for education reform are not innovative or effective; rather, research has shown that the voucher system Romney is promoting would have marginal effects on test scores, teacher quality and school choice for the poor and disadvantaged.
Here's his plan, in three parts:
Promoting choice and Innovation: When Milton Friedman proposed the voucher system in the 1950s,...
Mitt Romney's Education Plan:
"As President, I’ll be champion of real education reform in this country," Romney said at a press conference to unveil his K-12 education plan:
Sadly, his plans for education reform are not innovative or effective; rather, research has shown that the voucher system Romney is promoting would have marginal effects on test scores, teacher quality and school choice for the poor and disadvantaged.
Here's his plan, in three parts:
Promoting choice and Innovation: When Milton Friedman proposed the voucher system in the 1950s,...
- 6/18/2012
- by David Barnett
- Celebsology
“We need history, but we need it differently from the spoiled lazy-bones in the garden of knowledge.”
–Nietzsche, On the Use and Abuse of History for Life
Winner of the Quinzaine des réalisateurs at this year’s edition of the Cannes Film Festival, No by Pablo Larraín was, to our mind, one of the most interesting films to be screened at the festival. Neither vertically towering nor self-consciously contrarian, this is a diagonal movie venturing in a pathless direction. There is a remarkable aspect in Pablo Larraín’s cinema: it is his ability to look at history with neither condescending moralism nor nostalgic complacence. The three films about his native Chile under Augusto Pinochet are extraordinary incursions in the unexplored potential of historical fiction, that bypass dates, landmarks and heroes to show history from within, not from above.
By resisting the temptation of availing himself of the privilege of posterity,...
–Nietzsche, On the Use and Abuse of History for Life
Winner of the Quinzaine des réalisateurs at this year’s edition of the Cannes Film Festival, No by Pablo Larraín was, to our mind, one of the most interesting films to be screened at the festival. Neither vertically towering nor self-consciously contrarian, this is a diagonal movie venturing in a pathless direction. There is a remarkable aspect in Pablo Larraín’s cinema: it is his ability to look at history with neither condescending moralism nor nostalgic complacence. The three films about his native Chile under Augusto Pinochet are extraordinary incursions in the unexplored potential of historical fiction, that bypass dates, landmarks and heroes to show history from within, not from above.
By resisting the temptation of availing himself of the privilege of posterity,...
- 6/13/2012
- MUBI
Margaret Thatcher depicted as a Hitler-admiring leader who wants to destroy the working class in a pirated version of the film
Speaking to a crowd of supporters, Margaret Thatcher, as played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, explains what she would do as prime minister: "Crush the working class, crush the scum, the yobs."
At least that is a scene from a pirated version of the film in Russia, which has been inadvertently reviewed by one of the country's top film critics without realising that some rather pointed changes to the script had been made.
The pirated Russian translation of the film, voiced over in a monotone by one man, depicts Thatcher as a bloodthirsty, Hitler-admiring leader, whose fondest desire is to destroy the working class. While some of her critics might say this is an accurate representation of her plans, even her fiercest enemy would concede the Russian version takes it too far.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters, Margaret Thatcher, as played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, explains what she would do as prime minister: "Crush the working class, crush the scum, the yobs."
At least that is a scene from a pirated version of the film in Russia, which has been inadvertently reviewed by one of the country's top film critics without realising that some rather pointed changes to the script had been made.
The pirated Russian translation of the film, voiced over in a monotone by one man, depicts Thatcher as a bloodthirsty, Hitler-admiring leader, whose fondest desire is to destroy the working class. While some of her critics might say this is an accurate representation of her plans, even her fiercest enemy would concede the Russian version takes it too far.
- 3/20/2012
- by Kevin O'Flynn
- The Guardian - Film News
Another documentary demolition job on the global financial system, but despite some incendiary theorising this is somewhat short on the details
In these parlous times, there can never be enough criticism of bankers and tame politicians enjoying what Milton Friedman called socialism for the rich. Ashcroft's documentary lands some punches, but it is hampered by a PowerPoint-style presentation. As our western empire declines, he sees four apocalyptic horsemen: crooked finance, terrorism, poverty and ecological collapse. It's all fair comment, with sharp snippets from Noam Chomsky and the Ft's Gillian Tett, although the tone is patronising sometimes. Ashcroft unveils some bold cures at the end, but we need more specifics.
Rating: 2/5
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In these parlous times, there can never be enough criticism of bankers and tame politicians enjoying what Milton Friedman called socialism for the rich. Ashcroft's documentary lands some punches, but it is hampered by a PowerPoint-style presentation. As our western empire declines, he sees four apocalyptic horsemen: crooked finance, terrorism, poverty and ecological collapse. It's all fair comment, with sharp snippets from Noam Chomsky and the Ft's Gillian Tett, although the tone is patronising sometimes. Ashcroft unveils some bold cures at the end, but we need more specifics.
Rating: 2/5
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- 3/16/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a keynote address during the Facebook f8 conference on September 22, 2011 in San Francisco, California.
What I find most interesting and most hopeful in the Facebook Ipo is Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to potential investors. It’s something that makes me hopeful as a Facebook user—hopeful that the company will not adopt antisocial monetizations of the public trust it still (barely) enjoys that would undermine the value of the site for maintaining personal relationships.
What I find most interesting and most hopeful in the Facebook Ipo is Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to potential investors. It’s something that makes me hopeful as a Facebook user—hopeful that the company will not adopt antisocial monetizations of the public trust it still (barely) enjoys that would undermine the value of the site for maintaining personal relationships.
- 2/5/2012
- by D.E. Wittkower
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The late Christopher Hitchens enjoyed telling the story of meeting Margaret Thatcher in the late 70s, back when, as Mark Dery puts it in a cracking piece I'll get to in a moment, "the post-9/11 libertarian hawk and vorpal swordsman of the New Atheism was lefter than he is now." (Dery was writing in the summer of 2010.) Hitchens so enjoyed the telling and the retelling that the story eventually took on the form of a well-rehearsed stand-up routine. For comparison, you can watch a relatively short early draft here, but trust me, you'll want to take the five-and-a-half minutes for this one:
For Mark Dery, the crucial question is, "Why does a certain sort of Englishman squirm with delight at the thought of being taken in hand and sharply disciplined by Milton Friedman's idea of Emma Peel? And the flip answer is: the English Vice, French prostitutes' wry term...
For Mark Dery, the crucial question is, "Why does a certain sort of Englishman squirm with delight at the thought of being taken in hand and sharply disciplined by Milton Friedman's idea of Emma Peel? And the flip answer is: the English Vice, French prostitutes' wry term...
- 1/3/2012
- MUBI
With the release of George Clooney's political drama "The Ides of March," "Extra" collected a list of 20 great quotes for some stellar movies about matters of state.
20 Political Movie Quotes'The Candidate' (1972)
Bill McKay (Robert Redford): [after winning the election] "What do we do now?"
'Syriana' (2005)
Danny Dalton (Tim Blake Nelson): "Corruption? Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. That's Milton Friedman. He got a goddamn Nobel Prize.
20 Political Movie Quotes'The Candidate' (1972)
Bill McKay (Robert Redford): [after winning the election] "What do we do now?"
'Syriana' (2005)
Danny Dalton (Tim Blake Nelson): "Corruption? Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. That's Milton Friedman. He got a goddamn Nobel Prize.
- 10/9/2011
- Extra
European Pressphoto Agency Rupert Murdoch appears before the U.K. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport committee.
Rupert Murdoch apologized to victims of phone hacking by employees of his U.K. tabloid News of the World during a session before the U.K. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport committee–but the event took an odd turn when someone tried to attack him with what appeared to be a plate of white cream.
Murdoch’s wife, Wendi Deng, jumped from...
Rupert Murdoch apologized to victims of phone hacking by employees of his U.K. tabloid News of the World during a session before the U.K. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport committee–but the event took an odd turn when someone tried to attack him with what appeared to be a plate of white cream.
Murdoch’s wife, Wendi Deng, jumped from...
- 7/19/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
How did the financial crash of 2008 happen? This documentary, narrated by Matt Damon, does a good job of explaining a complex story of credit and discredit
"If you're growing, you're not in recession … right?" The speaker is Hank Paulson, the former Us treasury secretary, and, as it happens, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Charles Ferguson's documentary about the great financial crash, Paulson's shrugging remark sums up the attitude of the super-rich banking apparatchiks and their eager political supporters. As long as the bubble's getting bigger, there's no worry about the bubble contracting … right? But that is not what happens to bubbles. In 2008, the pop was heard around the world.
This film is as gripping as any thriller. Aided by some fascinating interviews, Ferguson lays out an awful story. In the 1980s, the markets and financial services were deregulated, and the driving force for this liberalisation was Alan Greenspan,...
"If you're growing, you're not in recession … right?" The speaker is Hank Paulson, the former Us treasury secretary, and, as it happens, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Charles Ferguson's documentary about the great financial crash, Paulson's shrugging remark sums up the attitude of the super-rich banking apparatchiks and their eager political supporters. As long as the bubble's getting bigger, there's no worry about the bubble contracting … right? But that is not what happens to bubbles. In 2008, the pop was heard around the world.
This film is as gripping as any thriller. Aided by some fascinating interviews, Ferguson lays out an awful story. In the 1980s, the markets and financial services were deregulated, and the driving force for this liberalisation was Alan Greenspan,...
- 2/18/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Review originally published on January 28, 2010.
Directed by Matt Whitecross and Michael Winterbottom, The Shock Doctrine is an attempt to shed light on similarities and connections between western “Disaster” Capitalism and the decline of financial stability and human rights throughout many parts of the world.
The documentary is based upon ideas presented in Naomi Klein’s book of the same titles and includes segments from Klein’s various lectures on the topics of her book. What begins as a fairly startling and revealing documentary of past events and their relationship to economic policies instilled by Milton Friedman, et al.
Spanning the globe from Chile and Argentina to Russia, The Shock Doctrine compellingly demonstrates the devastating influence past strategies of economic and political intervention has had on the people of the countries. Two of the more powerful chapters of the film are that of Chile and the reign of Pinochet, and that...
Directed by Matt Whitecross and Michael Winterbottom, The Shock Doctrine is an attempt to shed light on similarities and connections between western “Disaster” Capitalism and the decline of financial stability and human rights throughout many parts of the world.
The documentary is based upon ideas presented in Naomi Klein’s book of the same titles and includes segments from Klein’s various lectures on the topics of her book. What begins as a fairly startling and revealing documentary of past events and their relationship to economic policies instilled by Milton Friedman, et al.
Spanning the globe from Chile and Argentina to Russia, The Shock Doctrine compellingly demonstrates the devastating influence past strategies of economic and political intervention has had on the people of the countries. Two of the more powerful chapters of the film are that of Chile and the reign of Pinochet, and that...
- 11/20/2010
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The optimum way to see a documentary like Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross' The Shock Doctrine is at a film festival, such as Sundance, where it made its North American premiere this week. Unfortunately, I saw it in my living room, which is probably how most people in the U.S. will see it thanks to the Video-On-Demand cable channel Sundance Selects, which began airing the film immediately following its Park City debut.
Not to say the festival experience makes it a better film, but at least attendees of the first Sundance screening had the benefit of a post-film discussion featuring the film's directors and Naomi Klein, the author of the book upon which it's based. It's safe to assume she explained her arguments regarding "disaster capitalism" and the faults of Laissez-faire economics better than the film does. And Winterbottom and Whitecross are possibly the only ones who can...
Not to say the festival experience makes it a better film, but at least attendees of the first Sundance screening had the benefit of a post-film discussion featuring the film's directors and Naomi Klein, the author of the book upon which it's based. It's safe to assume she explained her arguments regarding "disaster capitalism" and the faults of Laissez-faire economics better than the film does. And Winterbottom and Whitecross are possibly the only ones who can...
- 2/1/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Directors Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross are premiering a new documentary at Sundance 2010 called The Shock Doctrine, based on the best-selling book by author Naomi Klein. The film posits that governments have used periods of crisis, or "shock," in order to foist Milton Friedman's free-market ideologies onto the people, often to negative consequences (e.g. poverty, an expanding class gap, etc.). It's an interesting way to view world history, and if you're not yet familiar with Klein or her theories, I think you'll find it fascinating (although people not terribly interested in history may find it a bit dry). Winterbottom and Whitecross previously collaborated on the excellent film, The Road to Guantanamo, documenting the imprisonment and torture of three Guantanamo detainees. And, as I've previously mentioned, Winterbottom is one of the most interesting filmmakers around. Almost as interesting as the film is its distribution method. The Shock Doctrine is...
- 1/29/2010
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
Directed by Matt Whitecross and Michael Winterbottom, The Shock Doctrine is an attempt to shed light on similarities and connections between western “Disaster” Capitalism and the decline of financial stability and human rights throughout many parts of the world.
The documentary is based upon ideas presented in Naomi Klein’s book of the same titles and includes segments from Klein’s various lectures on the topics of her book. What begins as a fairly startling and revealing documentary of past events and their relationship to economic policies instilled by Milton Friedman, et al.
Spanning the globe from Chile and Argentina to Russia, The Shock Doctrine compellingly demonstrates the devastating influence past strategies of economic and political intervention has had on the people of the countries. Two of the more powerful chapters of the film are that of Chile and the reign of Pinochet, and that of the Soviet Union and...
The documentary is based upon ideas presented in Naomi Klein’s book of the same titles and includes segments from Klein’s various lectures on the topics of her book. What begins as a fairly startling and revealing documentary of past events and their relationship to economic policies instilled by Milton Friedman, et al.
Spanning the globe from Chile and Argentina to Russia, The Shock Doctrine compellingly demonstrates the devastating influence past strategies of economic and political intervention has had on the people of the countries. Two of the more powerful chapters of the film are that of Chile and the reign of Pinochet, and that of the Soviet Union and...
- 1/29/2010
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
TORONTO -- Producers of a feature documentary highly critical of modern corporations found themselves wooing Hollywood's biggest corporations at the Toronto International Film Festival in a bid to snag U.S. distribution for their project. Cinetic Media's Micah Green arranged a private screening of The Corporation on Monday in Toronto for such major film buyers as Fox Searchlight, Fine Line, Miramax, Paramount and Sony Pictures Classics ahead of an official press screening Tuesday and public screenings later this week. "This is a better turnout than for most fiction movies in Toronto," Green said after the documentary, which features such talking heads as Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky and Milton Friedman, began rolling to the audience of select buyers. Among others at the private screening were two publicists for Fox, who said they were keen to see the contribution in The Corporation from whistle-blowing former Fox reporters Jane Akre and Steve Wilson.
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