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Jan/Feb 2000 issue (#43)
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The movies on this list are well-suited to watching as a group to stimulate political discussions, and may be especially pertinent in the wake of the Seattle WTO demonstrations. Most can be found on video at the Seattle Public Library, or independent video stores.
*highly recommended
**a "must see"
The movies on this list are well-suited to watching as a group to stimulate political discussions, and may be especially pertinent in the wake of the Seattle WTO demonstrations. Most can be found on video at the Seattle Public Library, or independent video stores.
*highly recommended
**a "must see"
BRAZIL (Comedy) Terry Gilliam 1985 The new capitalist world order? Great special effects.
THE EIGHTH DAY Jaco Van Dormael 1996 Capitalistic businessman forms a life-changing friendship with a loving man with Down's Syndrome.
THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN David Nobbs British comedy of yuppie businessman who becomes disillusioned with the system.
**IKIRU Akira Kurosawa 1952 A businessman diagnosed with stomach cancer examines his life and begins to live again.
LA CHINOISE 1967 Jean-Luc Goddard About 5 young Parisian Maoists.
THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM 1975 German Anarchists.
LOVE WITHOUT PITY Eric Rochant 1990 Story of a relationship between a young rebel and bright student.
MARIANNE & JULIANE Margaretha von Trotta 1981 Two German sisters, one an Anarchist, the other a feminist.
METROPOLIS Fritz Lang 1926 Visionary look at the future under capitalistic exploitation.
ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY Akira Kurosawa 1947 Young lovers feel alienation of modern society.
*STATE OF SIEGE (Foreign) Costa-Gavras, Franco Solinas 1973 One response to US involvement in Latin America.
THE TRIAL Orson Welles 1962 Beautifully filmed version of Franz Kafka's vision of totalitarianism, which could be a further stage of exploitative capitalism.
STRANGER THAN PARADISE Jim Jarmusch 1985 Three young people show us a different side of America.
VAGABOND Agnes Varda 1985 Depicts the isolation and coldness in the life of a young woman who "drops out" of middle-class society.
ZABRISKIE POINT Michelangelo Antonioni 1970 Adventures of two directionless anti-establishment young people.