The Power of Nightmares

By: snolan
Published On: 7/17/2006 2:08:53 PM

Thanks goes to Alice Marshall for pointing out that Adam Curtis's fascinating BBC documentary "The Power of Nightmares" is now available on google video.

This documentary was first broadcast on BBC Two in the Fall of 2004.  Later, it was adapted to a single 2.5 hour film for the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.  Now anyone can watch it on google video, and it is very much worth the effort.

This documentary will challenge you to think carefully about the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the parallel rise to power of the neo-conservatives in America.  It brings to light the infiltration of the traditional Republican party by the neo-conservatives and their overthrow of Kissinger and other pragmatists like him.
It is three sessions at an hour each, so it takes a while to download.  I opened the links in different windows, and let them download overnight and watched later.

I recommend watching with a notepad handy, this will really make you think and want to do more research for yourself.


Three one hour episodes are available:
Part 1 - Baby It's Cold Outside
Part 2 - The Phantom Victory
Part 3 - The Shadows in the Cave

frame from google video

Comments



MPEG or DVD ISO available (snolan - 7/19/2006 7:43:04 AM)
Turns out someone far more technically savvy than me has made mpegs and DVD ISO images of this excellent documentary available.

Check it out here:
http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares



Great documentary! (RayH - 7/20/2006 2:24:13 PM)
It's remarkable how the rhetoric of Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, et al supports the mythic ideals of Leo Strauss.

There's nothing earth-shakingly new in these methods, but it is disturbing to consider how much distortion and exaggeration are used to engage the fears of the electorate.