The Shock Doctrine - a comprehensive history of neoliberalism

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The Shock Doctrine (UK, 2009)
Seen: Thursday, 29th April 2010 (cinema)
Runtime: 79′
Director: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom
Production House: Renegade Pictures, Revolution Films
Plot: (from imdb)
An investigation of “disaster capitalism”, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
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FILM SPOTTING: April 2010 in Polish cinemas

My April film spotting is well on time at least ;)
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The Shock Doctrine (UK, 2009)
Release Date (Poland): 16th April 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 9th February 2009
Runtime: 90′
Director: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom
Production House: Renegade Pictures, Revolution Films
Plot: (from imdb)
An investigation of “disaster capitalism”, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war [...]

The Yes Men Fix the World - a comedic take on the problems of capitalism

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The Yes Men Fix the World (2009, France/UK/USA)
Seen: Friday, 11th December 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 87′
Director: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr
Production House: Arte France, Article Z, Renegade Pictures, Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation, Charny/Bachrach Entertainment
Plot: (from imdb)
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the [...]

FILM SPOTTING: November 2009 in Polish cinemas

Before I get to the spotting part of the post, I wanted to recommend Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. It’s coming in on the 13th of November 2009. I saw it at the Planete Doc Review and reviewed it here. It’s even more poignant now after Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland.
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The Tibetan Book of the [...]