This is a bad propaganda film. This being said, I have to say that I am very left wing - probably more than the people who made this film, so this isn't an "I don't share their views so I'm accusing them of propaganda" kind of deal. It contains a the traits of propaganda ; lack of factual argumentation, incoherent jumbeling of scenes, usage of emotional rather than thought provoking footage, etc., etc. I won't mention more, though the list could easily go on.
This film is also what I would describe as Schizophrenia on film. It contains mixed footage of a lot of different things without there being any clear link between them. It contains no factual or clear ideas either. After seeing this film i wondered for a while - along with my friends with whom I had seen the film - what it was that the film makers might have meant. what was their message. "that love is going to save us?". This is more or less what we could conclude from it. It starts off as an interesting political statement for the first 5-10 minutes, about how corporations have taken over political power. It then goes into corporatist states and Mussolini - which has really a limited link to what we are seing now. Another propagandist trait - the usage of specific vocabulary to produce an emotional reaction (fascism = bad, so by associating what we are against with fascism, you will have feelings of sympathy for our message), and mixed images of Mussolini and Trump, creating a comparison between the two (though the average American probably has no idea who Mussolini was). It goes downhill from there. At first it focuses on Trump being pro-corporations. It then accuses the Obamas and the Clintons of doing the same thing, but even bing worst than Trump. It goes from being left-wing anti-corporations, to being some sort of right-wing pro-trump anti big government film. It goes on saying about how big government ends up protecting corporations and allowing their power (this is of course a big sum up).
It makes no sense, it goes in every direction without ever really saying anything. I really have no idea what the point, or anything of this film is. This is why I can only describe it as, on top of being a bad propaganda film, it is completely schizophrenic, and makes virtually no sense.
I have to add, finally, that it is totally incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't know the USA to a good extent. It makes heavy usage of all the American political acronyms (DRA, EPA, etc.), it uses in its propaganda, all the American focuses (segregation, institutional racism, etc). I wonder how this film could ever be shown (first of all), but be shown outside the USA, as it makes virtually no sense for people who don't know the USA well.
This film is also what I would describe as Schizophrenia on film. It contains mixed footage of a lot of different things without there being any clear link between them. It contains no factual or clear ideas either. After seeing this film i wondered for a while - along with my friends with whom I had seen the film - what it was that the film makers might have meant. what was their message. "that love is going to save us?". This is more or less what we could conclude from it. It starts off as an interesting political statement for the first 5-10 minutes, about how corporations have taken over political power. It then goes into corporatist states and Mussolini - which has really a limited link to what we are seing now. Another propagandist trait - the usage of specific vocabulary to produce an emotional reaction (fascism = bad, so by associating what we are against with fascism, you will have feelings of sympathy for our message), and mixed images of Mussolini and Trump, creating a comparison between the two (though the average American probably has no idea who Mussolini was). It goes downhill from there. At first it focuses on Trump being pro-corporations. It then accuses the Obamas and the Clintons of doing the same thing, but even bing worst than Trump. It goes from being left-wing anti-corporations, to being some sort of right-wing pro-trump anti big government film. It goes on saying about how big government ends up protecting corporations and allowing their power (this is of course a big sum up).
It makes no sense, it goes in every direction without ever really saying anything. I really have no idea what the point, or anything of this film is. This is why I can only describe it as, on top of being a bad propaganda film, it is completely schizophrenic, and makes virtually no sense.
I have to add, finally, that it is totally incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't know the USA to a good extent. It makes heavy usage of all the American political acronyms (DRA, EPA, etc.), it uses in its propaganda, all the American focuses (segregation, institutional racism, etc). I wonder how this film could ever be shown (first of all), but be shown outside the USA, as it makes virtually no sense for people who don't know the USA well.