Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

Name: Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-09-28
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Noam Chomsky, Carol Chomsky

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This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.

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6.9/10

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Director
- John Junkerman
Stars
- Noam Chomsky
- Carol Chomsky(uncredited)

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[opening sequence title cards]
Title Card: '9-11': Suprise Best Seller Blames U.S. - New York Times
Title Card: No place for gray in Noam Chomsky's black and white world - Japan Times
Title Card: Not about to fade away quietly at the age of 73. - San Francisco Examiner
Title Card: Fearless. - Frontline magazine
[India]
Title Card: Chomsky's anti-Americanism is just plain wrong. - New Statesman
Title Card: Rebel without a pause. - Bono
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Title Card: Arguably the most important intellectual alive... his political writings are maddeningly simple-minded. - New York Times

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Gibitsumi
by Kiyoshirô Imawano / Little Screaming Revue
from the CD "Rainbow Cafe"
© 1998 Babys' Songs
(P) 1998 Polydor K K

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1/10

Sloppy and Bad

I got into Chomsky in a big way in the past year, with his 9-11 book and then reading his older stuff. I saw a documentary on TV in Canada called "Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without A Pause" which I thoroughly enjoyed. So when I saw this film advertised in Vancouver I went to check it out when I was there and was thoroughly disappointed. For a film that is playing in the theatres, this seemed sloppy and poorly done. Its Chomsky giving a lecture for a while, Chomsky in an interview, and Chomsky giving another lecture. Meanwhile there is some Japanese pop music which makes no sense at all and seems to come from nowhere. Chomsky really just talks about September 11th and that the US did things elsewhere and before that lead to this horrible event. "Rebel Without A Pause" is a much better and more in-depth look at Chomsky's views (including Iraq which "Power and Terror" doesn't mention). "Rebel Without A Pause" also looks at Chomsky the man as seen through his wife Carol Chomsky who also manages him

(which she tells in a great story as to how that little relationship came about) and through the eyes of other people who know him. "Power and Terror" just seems like a lazy attempt to cash in on Chomsky's new celebrity in a post-September 11th world. Skip this film and try and get "Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without A Pause" if you want to learn a lot about several relevant topics and more about Chomsky as a person.

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