by MattSavinar » Sun 25 Jun 2006, 00:30:21
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'T')his thing wouldn't be a threat to the people in high places even if it played in every theatre in the land. Movies no longer have the power to disrupt political realitties. They no longer convince the uninterested. Instead, they preach to the choir, and the choir shows up in droves, often watching the movie several times, making a bit of change for the producers...
The best you can hope for is some non choir members showing up for the film, with 95% of them leaving in a humorous mood, ready to lump these people in with the "black helicopter" and "UN invasion" folks. Then maybe later, that lingering 5% might have some event occur in their lives where they need to blame someone else, and so, in this instance, they'll blame the central bankers, and say, "see, that movie was right."
Yeah, you really hit the nail on the head here.
I have not seen the film but from the reviews of those who have, it seems I would agree with the film 100%.
In the end what will happen is exactly as you describe: the choir will yell and yell and yell about how "this film is going to make HUGE impact!!!!!" and folks will all kick in money because naturally being humans we all want to be part of "something really big!!!" but ini the end it will not make an ounce of difference in the big picture.
Having said that, I wish the producers the best and I will likely see the film once it comes to my area. But I'm already in the choir and people like me showing up is not going to make bupkis worth of diffeerence.
I also hope this Aaron Russo guy makes a lot of $$$ cause I suspect the IRS has already targeted him for a full anal cavity audit.
Best,
Matt