A 'MUST SEE' BBC documentary about the rise of the neocons

[jhrobbins]

and the parallel rise of al queada and what created the crisis in the mid east. It is SO compelling, I am telling all my friends to watch it. This segment is called the Power of Nightmares and then there are two more. It is long but WORTH IT.

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=IAUDcmaJNWQ

[Hamlette]

1. kick

[jhrobbins]

10. What does 'kick' mean exactly - I see it a lot, but.....I dunno.

[seemslikeadream]

11. kickin the thread to the top of the page and here is the DU glossary

FWIW AFAIK :rofl:


:hi:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=358&topic_id=190

[pepperbear]

2. k&r n/t

[Theduckno2]

3. Does anyone know if this is available on dvd? n/t

[dipsydoodle]

4. It is

Just root around to find or simply watch it on your computer. You can watch it here anyway : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm

The original shown on tv here in the UK was 6 hours long.

edit - BTW BBC don't have adverts and so I dread to think how it would have been with those included if it had been shown in the USA.

[Theduckno2]

5. Thanks. n/t

[dipsydoodle]

6. See more info here too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4472727.stm

I think the first 3 hour documentary was The Power of Nightmares and the other 3 hors may have had a differnt name.

[CrispyQ]

7. More info, including the titles of all three parts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/3755686.stm

I'm gonna check it out. Thanks!


k&r

[dipsydoodle]

9. The link I posted to watch the whole 3 hours

seems to have broken this morning ?

Each of the 3 hour parts are listed out here http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=the+power+of+nightmares&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv

[ellacott]

8. Thanks n/t

[LunaSea]

12. More from Adam Curtis

If you like this one check out "Pandoras' Box
and "Century of the Self".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis

The Century Of The Self (BBC Two) documented how the rise of Freud's individualism led to Edward Bernays' consumerism. It received the Broadcast Award for Best Documentary Series and the Longman-History Today Award for Historical Film of the Year. It was released in the US through art house cinemas and was picked as the fourth best movie of 2005 by Entertainment Weekly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Of_The_Self



1992: Pandora's Box examined the dangers of technocratic and political rationality. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_Box_%28television_documentary_series%29

These can be a little harder to find, but worth the effort.