Well a good liar is just a successful crook, as is the guru to which this sad sack of lies is dedicated.
Unfortunately a bunch of people are tired of truth and democracy, and even more unfortunately they are good at concatenation of distorted facts and mobilizing editing of falsely presented images.
I have always been in love with propaganda films. I believe propaganda is the natural honest language of movies, fiction and realism are its lies. The use of images to shape reality in a message, rather than anchor the message in reality, is the truest use of the visual. Therefore from Riefenstahl to Santiago Alvarez, i genuinely admire the propagandists of the moving pictures.
And i must say that Amanda Milius is a promising addition to the list. But the bad part is that agit-prop is a fun mind game for people who chose to be informed, a dangerous brainwashing for those who enjoy not being informed. And in these times and place this movie can and will do a lot of harm.
Unfortunately a bunch of people are tired of truth and democracy, and even more unfortunately they are good at concatenation of distorted facts and mobilizing editing of falsely presented images.
I have always been in love with propaganda films. I believe propaganda is the natural honest language of movies, fiction and realism are its lies. The use of images to shape reality in a message, rather than anchor the message in reality, is the truest use of the visual. Therefore from Riefenstahl to Santiago Alvarez, i genuinely admire the propagandists of the moving pictures.
And i must say that Amanda Milius is a promising addition to the list. But the bad part is that agit-prop is a fun mind game for people who chose to be informed, a dangerous brainwashing for those who enjoy not being informed. And in these times and place this movie can and will do a lot of harm.