| Description |
1 videodisc (167 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Performer |
Noam Chomsky, Mark Achbar, Edward S. Herman, Bill Moyers, Peter Jennings, Kelvin Flook, William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| Credits |
Cinematographers, Francis Miquet, Mark Achbar, Barry Perles, Norbert Bunge, Ken Reeves, Kip Durrin, Bill Snider, Savas Kalogeras, Kirk Tougas, Antonin Lhotsky, Peter Wintonick ; videographers, Michael Goldberg, Mark Achbar, William Turnley, Eddie Becker, Peter Walker, Dan Garson, Peter Wintonick ; editor, Peter Wintonick ; original score composed and produced by Carl Schultz. |
| Note |
"Includes 45 minutes of extra video material"--Container. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992. |
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Disc also issued in Zeitgeist Video box set: Great minds: 20 years of thinkers on film. |
| Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
| Summary |
Explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist, and radical philosopher Noam Chomsky. Focuses on Chomsky's analysis of the hidden use of ideological manipulation in democratic societies. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Thought control in a democratic society -- pt. 2. Activating dissent. |
| Note |
Special features: Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley from Firing Line, 1969 (18 min.); Noam Chomsky vs. Michel Foucault from Deel Vier, 1971 (13 min.); Noam Chomsky reflects on the film (14 min.); Filmmaker bios. |
| Subject |
Chomsky, Noam -- Political and social views.
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Mass media criticism.
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Mass media -- Political aspects.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Foreign relations.
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Chomsky, Noam. (OCoLC)fst00042427
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Mass media criticism. (OCoLC)fst01011387
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Mass media -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01011278
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Massmedia -- Förenta staterna -- 1900-talet.
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Indoktrinering.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Chomsky, Noam, interviewee (expression), participant.
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Achbar, Mark, film producer, film director, director of photography, participant.
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Wintonick, Peter, film producer, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
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Neale, Colin, film producer.
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Murphy, Dennis R., film producer.
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Symansky, Adam, film producer.
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Herman, Edward S., participant.
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Moyers, Bill D., participant.
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Jennings, Peter, 1938-2005, participant.
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Flook, Kelvin, participant.
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Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008, participant.
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Miquet, Francis, director of photography.
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Bunge, Norbert, director of photography.
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Turnley, William, director of photography.
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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984, participant.
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Necessary Illusions (Firm), production company.
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National Film Board of Canada, production company.
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Zeitgeist Films, film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Noam Chomsky and the Media |
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Thought control in a democratic society.
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Activating dissent.
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| Standard No. |
795975101332 |
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79597510332 |
| Music No. |
Z1013 Zeitgeist |
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