Although the positions are by now familiar, especially for those who have seen the previously released films on the subject, there's enough solid and persuasive analysis here to give this effort a fresh urgency.
There's nothing like facts to prosecute a case, and this documentary about the Bush administration's pre-9/11 determination to invade Iraq is nothing if not fact-based.
Where Hijacking does its job best is in laying out the historical details of what Kwiatkowski calls the 'storyline' leading up to the Iraq invasion, a narrative fiction prepared and sold by neocons to a gullible, and scared, public.
This sobering documentary proposes that the real reason for the war with Iraq is a two-decade, three-administration, neo-conservative master plan to take over the world.
Is there a direct connection between 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, Hitler, Gary Cooper, George Bush, shock and awe, condoms and toasters, shopping, and the fall of the Soviet Union? These filmmakers think so.
Serious, sober, even chilling, and answers the question of why the U.S. went to war in Iraq better than any other recent film or television show on the subject.
This hard-hitting documentary criticizes the macho underpinnings of an American foreign policy based on military prowess to establish global dominance.
It's the alpha male pathology that drives men to war and motivates them to want to protect their own that Hijacking Catastrophe explores most effectively.
DVD Second Viewing, 1 Earp & Jhally film seen (lots of Jhally) [center][/center] Hijacking Catastrophe is THE intellectual documentary on the neo-conservative agenda of the Bush Administration. This film is not made to entertain; this is not Michael Moore. This is one of the smartest documentaries I have ever seen, and
I am privileged to say that the production company I am currently interning at is responsible for it. Today I went through an hour-long interview of author Michael Klare that was conducted for this film. I even got the tape from one of the directors of Hijacking Catastrophe, Jeremy Earp. Currently, I am participating in the pre-production stages for a new film based on Klare's book, "Blood and Oil." And I love it... If you believe that there is no link between 9/11 and Iraq, and if you do not believe in weapons of mass destruction, see this film AND show it to every single person you know. The Media Education Foundation is out to change the world. Let's achieve that change! [center][/center][center] [/center][center]challenging media[/center]
February 6, 2006
Jason Young
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