On Sep 28, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Duveyoung wrote:
Bhairitu, I agree. IMO, there is a cabal of backroom "evil rich manipulators" running things, and it makes perfect sense that the "follow the money" concept is never supported in most documentary endeavors -- too risky to the film-maker to snoop around in Big Finance's underwear drawer, and way hard to get the legal access to do so. But, evil dictators, well, documentary makers CAN get the data on them. There was a reason for "Deep Throat" to keep his identity hidden, cuz he was telling Woodward and Bernstein to follow the money, and if the money folks found out, POOF! goes Deepy.
It's unrealistic to expect a Ken Burn's genre documentary to cover such intrigue and conspiracy theory material. You'll have to wait instead for Oliver Stone's version "The War That Greed Built", co- written with Alex Jones.
