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Requiem for the American Dream
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Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, and his arguments about how economic inequality has become an entrenched part of Western life are front and centre in this documentary.
Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, and his arguments about how economic inequality has become an entrenched part of Western life are front and centre in this documentary.
Actors:
Alan Greenspan,
Mark Rudd,
Noam Chomsky,
Malcolm X,
Barack Obama,
Richard Nixon
Alan Greenspan
6 March 1926, New York City, New York, USA
Mark Rudd
June 2, 1947 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA
Noam Chomsky
7 December 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Malcolm X
19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Barack Obama
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Richard Nixon
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
Genre:
Biography, Documentary
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Jared P. Scott #Kelly Nyks #Noam Chomsky #Peter D. Hutchison #Requiem for the American Dream
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April 27, 2016
[E]ye-opening, consciousness-expanding, and - ho boy yes indeedy - angry-making stuff.
March 31, 2016
As one expects, Chomsky again proves to know more about his targets than they seem to know about themselves, calling on bits of history that damn not only the business-boosting right wing, but those on the supposed left side of American politics.
March 02, 2016
Few will agree with every word spoken, but Chomsky's vision of history is worth encountering and considering.
March 31, 2016
If you're looking for intellectual entertainment combined with political outrage, Requiem for the American Dream fulfills the contract.
June 02, 2016
The directors bring to filmic life Chomsky's calm, composed talking-points--his measured, reasonable long-view of history and polic--with inventive framing of archival footage and coolly sharp images. A potent Panama Papers-era dissection of power.
March 31, 2016
The film lacks visual ingenuity, but the point isn't to show us something new - it's to tell us something we might not have heard. And what Chomsky says is as unsettling as it is persuasive.
March 28, 2016
A very useful addition to public discourse at any time. But it's particularly so during this election year ...
May 03, 2016
It's a swirling, upsetting picture that gets bigger and scarier the more he talks.
February 05, 2016
Noam Chomsky's theories of inequality are important but dry.
March 10, 2016
This feature by Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott presents a cogent and incisive lesson in how the superwealthy control the federal government.
March 03, 2016
Requiem for the American Dream is valuable as a document of Chomsky while we still have him, but the people he's inspired may be his true legacy.
March 11, 2016
The film isn't necessarily pegged to the upcoming election per se, but the logic presented within helps make sense of current affairs.
