Re: film/videos dealing with power

From: Shelly Silver (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2009 - 06:01:41 PST


How I Learned to Overcome My Loathing... is also interesting vis a
vis documentary, power and a public personage (Arik Sharon). All his
films, including his new Z32 (a musical) are important viewing in
terms of the current discussion 'Cameras for Gaza'

>I'll second that. "August" is stunning.
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>Ken B.
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>Quoting Peter Snowdon <email suppressed>:
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>>in the present context, you could look at avi mograbi's work, and
>>in particular 'august', one of the shrewdest films i know about how
>>the camera can be used to reveal/dramatise power relations, in
>>relation to a very specific political situation.
>>peter
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>>Shelly Silver wrote:
>>>dear all:
>>>thanks everyone so much for the suggestions. there are so many
>>>interesting paths to take through this topic - must now sit down
>>>and figure out...which.
>>>
>>>best!
>>>shelly
>>>
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>deserve neither liberty, nor safety."
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>"I know that the hypnotized never lie... Do ya?"
>Pete Townshend 1971
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