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Jane Akre,
Jane Akre,
Raymond L. Anderson,
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Mark Achbar,
Jennifer Abbott,
Mark Achbar,
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: Not Rated
: Zeitgeist Films
: Documentary, Political & Social Issues
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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In the mid-1800s, corporations began to be recognized as individuals by U.S. courts, granting them unprecedented rights. The Corporation, a documentary by filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott and author Joel Bakan, delves into that legal standard, essentially asking: if corporations were people, what kind of people would they be? Applying psychiatric principles and FBI forensic techniques, and through a series of case studies, the film determines that this entity, the corporation, which has an increasing power over the day-to-day existence of nearly every living creature on earth, would be a psychopath. The case studies include a story about how two reporters were fired from Fox News for refusing to soft-pedal a story about the dangers of a Monsanto product given to dairy cows, and another about Bolivian workers who banded together to defend their rights to their own water supply. The pervasiveness of corporate influence on our lives is explored through an examination of efforts to influence behavior, including that of children. The filmmakers interview leftist figures like Michael Moore, Howard Zinn, Naomi Klein, and Noam Chomsky, and give representatives from companies Burson Marsteller, Disney, Pfizer, and Initiative Media a chance to relay their own points-of-view. The Corporation won the Best Documentary World Cinema Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
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| i heart this movie
by 7balmy
November 16, 2006 - 10:05 PM PST
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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Man, this movie is sooo fucking great! Seriously. It really helped clarify, through lots of very real, specific examples, exactly why people are so up in arms about the way society is going at the moment. I have studied and been active in radical politics for a long time, and this is one of the most accessible, user-friendly and intelligent explanations I've ever seen to help reinforce why I feel the way I do about things.
I really like that they actually tap a wide variety of sources for their interviews, which is funny cause the people they interview who are actively involved in the corporations highlighted really give more damning evidence than anything else the filmmakers could've showed us. They're digging their own graves and it's nothing short of shocking to watch them smile as they do it.
Anyway, watch this movie. It's an eye-opener AND it's actually entertaining enough to justify its length- about 2 hours and 20 minutes. |
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by LEdell
May 3, 2006 - 2:03 AM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| I thought this documentary was so good I watched it twice in 2 days. It is a great look at many problem which many people disregard or have never been informed exist. |
| Gabe and Daniel "at the show" present: "The Corporation."
by TheMidnightMess
May 18, 2005 - 8:56 PM PDT
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4 out of 24 members found this review helpful
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FancyLad: oh man
FancyLad: once upon a time in the west is so great
FancyLad: bibbles told us how the story was a collaboration of leone,bertalucci,and dario argento
FancyLad: and me and winchell were just like BIBBLES, YOU ARE JUST NAMING ALL THE ITALIANS YOU KNOW
TheMidnightMess: hahahahaha
TheMidnightMess: I wish I was watching that instead of "THE CORPORATION"
TheMidnightMess: Katherine Hepburn voice: "Reaaally, I dooo."
FancyLad: hahah
FancyLad: dude the corporation is edutainment
TheMidnightMess: Yeah, and I give it "Bore" stars.
FancyLad: hahahaha dude
FancyLad: i'm totally going to make hella money from deciding to call the new leftist agrit pop documentries edutainment
FancyLad: although thats only really true for like the corporation
TheMidnightMess: What about a movie where George W. Bush kills the last living panda
TheMidnightMess: and then is punished by becoming one.
TheMidnightMess: I'd watch that.
FancyLad: cause f9/11 and enron:smartest guys in the room are all trying are all like ITS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUERIUS with a bunch of montaged footage of the war and like old sci fi movie clips
FancyLad: man
FancyLad: that panda movie sounds good
FancyLad: that movie would be great |
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