Five Easy Pieces: a sad commentary on the rootless and nihilist condition of American society
Bob Rafelson, “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) One of the saddest films I have seen, “Five
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French and French-language Films
Thérèse Desqueyroux (dir. Claude Miller): straight story-telling narrative turns psychological study into mere historical soap drama
Claude Miller, “Thérèse Desqueyroux” (2012) Claude Miller’s swansong film is a historical drama piece starring
Money As Debt 3 (Evolution Beyond Money): pointing to a renewed and sustainable world beyond debt-based money systems
Paul Grignon, “Money As Debt 3 (Evolution Beyond Money)” In the final episode of the
Money As Debt 2 (Promises Unleashed): a homely ramble through the global financial system
Paul Grignon, “Money As Debt 2 (Promises Unleashed)” (2009) Where the first episode in Paul
What the Heck is a Bail-Out? – a very brief, simplified exposition of how debt-based financial systems lead to collapse and ruin
Paul Grignon, “What the Heck is a Bail-Out?” Part of a body of work investigating
Money as Debt: global finance and banks explained in easy-going and colourful documentary
Paul Grignon, “Money as Debt” (2006) While looking for something else on Youtube.com, I found
Overdoing the satire and toilet humour in “Team America: World Police”
Trey Parker, “Team America: World Police” (2004) A silly and puerile satire on American society,
Code of samurai honour and Japan under Tokugawa shoguns under superficial examination in “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai”
Takashi Miike, “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai” (2011) As this is a Takashi Miike film,
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Confession of Pain: glossy tale of vengeance long-planned with an implausible plot
Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, “Confession of Pain” (2006) Ain’t no bad time like Chinese
Obey: important message about 21st century corporate fascism is obscured by fast narrative, tricky visual imagery and annoying music
Temujin Doran, “Obey” (2012) Initially this documentary promised to be an inquiry into the rise