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http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/22/ed...-wins-the-oscaAnd the Oscar for Best Documentary goes to... Citizenfour, the film about Edward Snowden's efforts to expose the National Security Administration for illegally spying on American citizens. It was directed by Laura Poitras and featured Glenn Greenwald; both journalists played an active role in bringing Snowden's revelations to light. (I've written previously about why Snowden is a hero to young libertarians who flocked to the International Students for Liberty Conference last week to hear him speak.)
This year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, made the following joke about the documentary's largely unsurprising victory: "Edward Snowden couldn't be here for some treason." That was actually one of his funnier quips of the evening, lazy and mildly insulting though it was.
Errk...graak...FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"The disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don't only expose a threat to our privacy but to our democracy itself," said Poitras, accepting the Oscar.
Damn it, comments like that make me lose my religion.
What is so $#@!ing hard to understand about this:
Democracy CAUSED this!
Idiot AmeriKa WANTS this and votes for more and more of it every year.
Just saw it... WOW... I thought I was special. 1.2 M sheesh. I have got to be in that large a pool.
I have seen through it all... the system is against us. ALL OF IT.
‘Citizenfour’ and the power of personal stories
By Alyssa Rosenberg - February 24
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“Citizenfour,” which aired on HBO Monday night, is a dispatch from deep inside Poitras’s and Greenwald’s deposition of Snowden — Poitras filmed their 2013 meetings with him in Hong Kong — and it doesn’t always bridge the gap between the reporters’ experiences and a more general audience’s.
“To see it, the physical blueprints of it, and the technical expressions of it, brutally hits home in a super-visceral way that is so needed,” Greenwald says of one document. I’m sure that’s true for him, given his deep absorption in the details of American surveillance. But if you’re not steeped in the story the way Greenwald is, the bolts from the blue aren’t as obvious. And while long scenes of anti-surveillance activists contain some powerful insights, they also add to the sheer volume of information in a way that can be more overwhelming than clarifying.
To Poitras’s credit, part of the power of “Citizenfour” comes from the way the movie juxtaposes mundane facilities with the malignancy carried out inside of them. “We are building the greatest weapon for oppression in the history of man,” Poitras reads from Snowden’s communications over shots of a bland construction site. The movie has a droning score that evokes the hum of servers. We see still shots of green fields punctuated by satellite dishes, Menwith Hill station in the United Kingdom with its Epcot-like domes, Dagger Complex in Germany, which comes across as an office park with bad lighting and slightly better security.
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Snowden’s affect is muted, but even his tone can’t conceal all of the strain he obviously feels when he acknowledges that “I don’t think I’ll be able to keep the family ties that I’ve had for my life.” He’s proved right: his girlfriend Lindsay Mills (who now lives with him in Moscow and appeared on the Oscar stage on Sunday) is interrogated. “I just heard from Lindsay, and she’s alive, which is good, and free,” Snowden tells Poitras and Greenwald, revealing the full extent of his fears only in that expression of relief.
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More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/a...sonal-stories/
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I see they are showing it on UK TV tonight, which is cool since there's a lot of scary $#@! about what the Brits are doing too.
I didn't know Hollywood was making a Snowden movie.
Actor Gives Facebook A Firsthand Look At Hollywood’s ‘Snowden’
http://www.voicesofliberty.com/artic...m_medium=emailMarch 3, 2015—Amid reports concerning Edward Snowden’s recent statements, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt shared a photo of himself as a young Snowden in U.S. Army uniform.
According to the actor, today marks the first day of shooting on Oliver Stone’s film about the NSA whistleblower.
The statement that accompanied the photo shows Gordon-Levitt was surprised to have learned Snowden wanted to fight in Iraq back in 2004. Unfortunately for the then teen Snowden, fractures to both of his legs led to an administrative discharge.
The actor also praised Snowden for deciding to continue to “serve his country” by getting involved with the CIA where his career began.
The actor closed his post with the following lines:
“Today’s scenes felt like a really good way to start this shoot. It was hard, but of course, nowhere near as hard as real basic training. And me, I’m just honored and excited to be doing a soldier sequence with Oliver. I keep saying to myself: ‘f***, this guy directed Platoon!'”
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Finally managed to get "Citizenfour" DVR'd from HBO.
As an old retired techie, I think it's a keeper.
Is this movie good or is it boring like most other documentaries?
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Well, if you have followed the story, there won't be much new.
One realization that comes from the movie is the courage of these people to report on this. Most in the media would not touch this with a 100 foot pole. They are not only afraid for their careers, they are afraid of the government coming after them. Pretty sad state of affairs for the 1st Amendment and freedom of speech.
"Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
"Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Pharma-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
"Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul
Proponent of real science.
The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.
Most of the events/conversations you see in the film have been previously described by Greenwald in the different interviews he has done since then. It is cool to get to see that stuff happen for real.
Sadly, I still know people who do not even know who Edward Snowden is, or why he is so important.
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Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled
"Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
"Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Pharma-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
"Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul
Proponent of real science.
The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.
Ok , I did not follow any of the Snowden story, what killed him, what is a credible source that fairly summarizes the
whole story ?
Someone made a comment about Netflix....?
Very worthwhile documentary.
He's still alive. There's so much out there, I can't think of a definitive source right now. If you have HBO or have a friend that has HBO(It's also downloadable on itunes, I think), I highly recommend CitizenFour. I thought I knew the story but that film changed me, be prepared to be disturbed.
I'm not sure if/when it'll be on Netflix.
This is a pretty good start:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...r-surveillance
I really hope it's not $#@!.
Oliver Stone's Snowden movie films outside White House
SPOTTED: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and director Oliver Stone shooting a scene outside the White House Tuesday for an upcoming flick about Edward Snowden.
Some of the movie’s extras were seen carrying anti-Iraq War signs outside the fence surrounding 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, a popular spot for protesters.
Our spy eyed Gordon-Levitt, who plays the former National Security Agency contractor and government leaker, snacking on a banana between takes as he took direction from Stone. Woodley, who plays Snowden’s girlfriend, was seen laughing with crew members.
A crowd of about two-dozen onlookers had gathered to get a peek of the shoot for the film, which is poised to hit theaters on Christmas Day.
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know...de-white-house
I was hoping this would've made it to youtube by now, still haven't seen it.
i couldnt find this film anywhere but finally was able to catch a rip of it.
what a powerful film.
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