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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris on May 08, 2010, 12:56:48 AM
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This documentary portrait of a post-industrial future, of which the city of Detroit is the forerunner, is a true work of genius. In contrast to the egotistical, ranting and highly politicized film about Flint, Michigan, made by Michael Moore in 1989 (ROGER & ME), this film contains no political statement at all. It doesn't need to. Nowhere does the director Julien Temple intrude upon this film (even though he is the narrator). He stands backs and lets the facts speak. The skill and brilliance of his technique, his editing, his montages, his use of music and startling sound effects, his interviewing methods (he is always edited out), his haunting images, his sense of atmosphere, his unerring awareness of the drama of every moment, his profound sense of historical continuity, are all miraculous. Alas, the story he has to tell is one of the saddest stories there is: it is the story of the end, but towards the latter part of the film, there is also the solid hope of a new beginning.
The images of destruction in Detroit are so shocking, so unbelievable, that we truly do see the End of the World in front of our eyes. Words are inadequate to describe this film, you have to see it. Nothing you have ever heard or imagined can prepare you to see on film the true state of affairs in Detroit today. This is the story that all the newspapers and magazines of the world do not cover, will not cover, dare not cover. Just think of any city you know, and imagine it abandoned and ruined, and you have the Detroit of today.
IMDB (http://ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1572190/usercomments)
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Parts 2-8 (http://www.youtube.com/user/RobFinlay)
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Interesting, thanks for posting Chris. I'm definitely going to watch the rest of it.
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wow. well done.
behold the remains of leftist policies
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Damn. Just damn.
Slow motion Katrina is right.
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It's a fascinating film. Kind of hard to not watch the whole thing.
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I just did. :-) Even hubby got into it and stood here watching over my shoulder.
Riveting film. Would love to see the politics that went along with the disaster though. Of course we all know what that they are. :-)
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Have lived there, and worked in some of the buildings portrayed, you can't imagine how this saddens me..........
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Pretty cool video
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there's the whole show
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Hmm, I wonder how they did that. YouTube used to have a 10-minute limit on uploaded videos.
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Hmm, I wonder how they did that. YouTube used to have a 10-minute limit on uploaded videos.
They compressed it really small. :-)