Thursday 11 September 2008

Spin

A fascinatingly vital work, using satellite feeds, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s, especialy focused on the Clinton won Presidential campaign against the elder Bush. Spin as described "is a surreal expose of media-constructed reality", where with behind the scenes footage of people like Bill Clinton, Larry King and Bush, reality is shown to be far stranger than fiction, and what people imagine to be reality pure fiction. For instance, between the ads, King tells a strangely zombie-like Clinton that media tycoon Ted Turner "would serve you... I'd call him after you're elected." See also how, if you're not approved from media figures on high, like Democrat candidate Larry Abraham, you don't get to exist. Manufactured 'democracy'. Watch https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/spin/

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