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Bush's Brain
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| Format | Dolby, NTSC, Closed-captioned, AC-3, Full Screen, Color |
| Contributor | Kent Hance, James C. Moore, Michael Shoob, Bruce Buchanan, Richard Leiby, Cathy Bonner, Max Cleland, Bill Israel, Elizabeth Reeder, Robert Edgeworth, Molly Ivins, Wade Lieseke Jr., Wayne Slater, Joseph Mealey, Susie Lieseke, Shirley Cuff, Ken Luce See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 20 minutes |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
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Karl Rove is President George W. Bush's closest advisor. He is a man who has almost single-handedly shaped the policies of our nation. Feared and admired by Republicans and Democrats allike, Rove has raised a new and disturbing question for Americans: who really runs the country? This DVD explores Rove's remarkable political journey and the extraordinary role he has played in Bush's rise to the top. DVD features include chapter selection, theatrical trailer, bonus interviews, and previously unseen documentary footage.
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A late bloomer among the rich harvest of political documentaries released in 2004, Bush's Brain is potently revealing yet maddeningly pedestrian in its attack on Karl Rove, the powerful presidential advisor nicknamed "Bush's Brain" for serving in effect as co-president in the George W. Bush administration. Slapped together for the sake of an expedient pre-election release, the film makes a convincing case (while offering no tangible proof) that Rove conducts ruthlessly effective Republican campaigns on the belief that "the ends justify the means." Based on the book by James C. Moore and James Slater (both featured prominently in abundant talking-head interviews), the film lacks the coherent structure that would've made it truly effective, assumes considerable foreknowledge on the part of the viewer, and regrettably includes a tear-jerking, non sequitur digression about the grieving family of a beloved Marine who was killed in Iraq. But the film's shattering allegations and heartbreaking testimonies suggest, in no uncertain terms, that Rove is pulling the Presidential strings, remaining virtually untouchable while winning elections by any means necessary. As a fascinating study of alleged corruption and unchecked ambition, Bush's Brain is anything but balanced, but it's an important film that invites viewers to draw their own conclusions. --Jeff Shannon
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.75 inches; 4 ounces
- Director : Joseph Mealey, Michael Shoob
- Media Format : Dolby, NTSC, Closed-captioned, AC-3, Full Screen, Color
- Run time : 1 hour and 20 minutes
- Release date : October 12, 2004
- Actors : Cathy Bonner, Bruce Buchanan, Max Cleland, Shirley Cuff, Robert Edgeworth
- Producers : Elizabeth Reeder, Joseph Mealey, Michael Shoob
- Studio : Tartan Video
- ASIN : B0002V7SMA
- Writers : James C. Moore, Wayne Slater
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #327,851 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #19,874 in Special Interests (Movies & TV)
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2004This is an fascinating look at a major player. While it implies a lot without making actual accusations - much like the reputed m.o. of the film's subject - it's an interesting character study. It may not be fair or balanced, but that's not it's point. As an inside glimpse at the bloodsport of party politics, it's an intriguing whodunnit. Perhaps it's best attribute is that it arouses people's curiosity. Rove certainly isn't the only one to play this game, but he may be the reigning master. People may not learn anything watching this film, except how hungry they are to find out more. If it gets folks fired up to dig deeper & learn more, it seems to me that it's accomplished what it set out to do.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2006As a fan of Karl Rove I loved this DVD as there was plenty of old video and other things I had not seen before. The old TV interviews were great! This was so obviously slanted by the two "authors" who have always been haters of Bush and Rove if you grew up reading their "work" or if you have heard them speak. So with that out in th open, the entire video has to be taken with a grain of salt.
The best example of the blatant slant of this DVD was the man who's parents died and he felt the stress of Rove had done that to her. Come on! The military tilt was good and I'm glad Slater and Moore are such great patriots who care for our soldiers. For every brave soldier who has died there is a similar great story about their life. Let me know when Slater and Rove release the video of the families of the 3,000 innocent citizens who died on September 11, 2001. I'd also like to see a "work" from Slater and Moore about Daniel Pearl and the countless others who have been brutally beheaded by our friends overseas.
I recommend the DVD to everyone. I will be saving my copy and I will watch it every now and then to learn something new that I might be able to employ as a young operative myself. My biggest problem with the DVD is that it wasn't longer. There could have been a lot more detail about the 1994 and 1998 elections.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2007In these days of spin control language distortions are such a popular pastime that it is becoming increasingly impossible to separate distortion from reality, which is what the spinmeisters of propaganda and discontent are seeking to achieve.
The interesting documentary film "Bush's Brain" adapted from the book of the same name by veteran Texas political journalists James C. Moore and Wayne Slater is interestingly divided up between those who clearly see through Karl Rove, the film's subject, and those who do not wish to do so. Many in the latter category have become Rove enablers and sycophants of the most repellent variety.
After watching this revealing film I thought it advisable to look up the word genius in the dictionary to learn its actual definition. According to the Random House and American Heritage editions genius is defined as a gift for creative and intellectual activity. The psychological definition is also mentioned involving individuals who score above 140 on a standard IQ test.
Among the Rove admirers who equate his political activities with "genius" an early triumph was discussed extending back to Rove's early days in the College Republicans. When popular Illinois Democrat Alan Dixon, who would eventually serve his state in the U.S. Senate, was holding a rally at his headquarters while running for statewide office early in his career, Rove borrowed a page from the dirty tricks playbook of his political idol Richard Nixon.
In an attempt to embarrass Dixon and other local Illinois Democrats, Rove emissaries visited a downtrodden section and passed out handbills to alcoholics and derelicts, inviting them to a party replete with free food and drink. A group of the most unfortunate citizens of the community subsequently descended on Dixon headquarters and ruined the candidate's best-laid plans.
Did this Rove maneuver embody genius? There can be no reasonable doubt that an Einstein creating a theory of relativity or a Beethoven writing a Ninth Symphony embodies genius.
Does it require genius to engage in what would by the gentlest definition constitute tasteless mischief? Is rounding up the most tragic and downtrodden of a citizenry and using them cruelly as pawns, motivating them to descend on a political meeting in the expectation of free food and drink, in any way reflective of creative genius?
Other incidents abound in this revealing documentary about the checkered past of Rove. When he sought to destroy the momentum of Mark White in his race for governor of Texas against Rove's candidate, Rove called the media to report an incident of a bugging of his office. The only person with any motive to do so, according to Rove, was the White campaign. The bug only carried a short distance and needed periodic battery restoration. Savvy reporters like Glenn Smith were convinced that Rove, who had seemingly the only motivation to do so to alter the race's dynamics, had supervised the planting of the bug.
Rove has succeeded because he has had big bucks behind him and too many with the insight to expose him have remained silent.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2004Straight-up hack job from some Michael Moore wannabes. Conspiracy theories abound! I invite anyone who watches this film or reads the book to spend a little time investigating the facts... An objective individual will find there's a great deal more fiction and fantasy than accurate reporting in this work.