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The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis

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  • Directors: Adam Curtis
  • Language: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Studio: successunlimitedpub.com
  • DVD Release Date: November 19, 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000ZI3G30
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,075 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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This film explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today...

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars very thoughtful and well argued, December 13, 2007
By S. Newton (Alameda, CA) - See all my reviews
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Curtis does an excellent job of expressing his somewhat-Chomskian take on the so-called War on Terror. Even if one does not accept his every argument, there is still much here to that provokes thought. His emphasis on fear--fear for its own sake, fear as a policy--brings to mind Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, and its argument of guns being a facet of public fear manufactured by the government for its own ends. Here, Curtis extends fear as a foreign policy, terror as a philosophy.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Low Quality DVD, but Excellent Docmentary, April 15, 2009
By C. Marquardt (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This is NOT an official BBC DVD, but appears to be a low quality MPEG4 conversion. The source is probably the Internet Archives. Don't waste your money on this DVD: simply download the same quality MPEG4 version from

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares

And, while you're at it, download Adam Curtis's other excellent documentary, "The Century of the Self." (Don't bother buying the DVD available here at Amazon, mistitled "Century of Self" - again, another MPEG4 to DVD conversion)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Made me think, March 1, 2008
By J. Crane (Prague, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews
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A bit dated now - but worth watching. Many of the "findings" are not new, but the development of a clear argument - which has members of the government - past and present - giving their positions, makes this a fair presentation. I find it hard to believe that this is "unbalanced" when both sides had the opportunity to present their point of view.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Looks like it was taken right from YouTube...
This is an amazing documentary about the rise of Fundamentalist Muslims and the Neoconservatives by legendary British film maker Adam Curtis. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Serge

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally an explanation that makes sense
Adam Curtis looks at our current situation by following the complex history of key ideas. He refuses to accept the "received wisdom" that keeps us trapped in the present... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Helene Goldberg

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and Enlightening
This documentary provides a very good historical basis for the situation we are in today, and, to me at least, illustrates how the foreign policy of the US is exactly the wrong... Read more
Published 18 months ago by W. Lokey

5.0 out of 5 stars the power of nightmares
This is a small sample of what should be front and center in our American mass media; unfortunately it's unlikely that it will ever be aired in the corporate media environment of... Read more
Published 20 months ago by E. John Cavalli

1.0 out of 5 stars Slanted and partisan propaganda
This film is slanted to show only that which it wishes to show. It demonizes those currently in power and those whom see that religious zealots are in a war (and have been for a... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Jerry Hawkins

5.0 out of 5 stars Every American Should Watch This Movie
If you want to find out who's the man behind the curtain just take a look here. Great video.
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