Title: missed opportunity to share Chomsky's brilliance
Product review: I was so excited to see another Noam Chomsky film, but terribly disappointed with this particular collection of snippets. The editing was so distracting and disconnected that I stopped watching the piece. There are silly cut aways just for "art's sake", the cameras go in and out of focus and shift angles for no reason, and the order of the lecture bits didn't make any sense to me. Chomsky's ideas are hard enough to follow if you don't have background info. on his subject, but it is fun and challenging to try to follow him as he explains the agendas behind our news, our reporting, our politicians, etc.... This film makes that kind of challenge almost impossible. (at least for me) Chomsky is, in my opinion, a genius and this film did not convey his coherent thoughts and eloquent speeches. I recommend Manufacturing Consent if you are new to Noam.
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