Comments on: Michael Atkinson on the Uncelebrated Genius of Peter Watkins http://www.good.is/post/michael-atkinson-on-the-uncelebrated-genius-of-peter-watkins/ GOOD Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:01:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pierre_boule http://www.good.is/post/michael-atkinson-on-the-uncelebrated-genius-of-peter-watkins/comment-page-1/#comment-6754 pierre_boule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.good.is/michael_atkinson_on_the_uncelebrated_genius_of_peter_watkins#comment-6754 10 years ago: I've never heard about Peter Watkins. I'm on the sofa, watching the TV. Usually, I watch Arte (french public TV - yes I'm a freakin' french :) ) because of the quality of the documentaries this channel plays. <br /> And what I'm watching now ?<br /> A documentary about activism under the Nixon years... Punishment Park !<br /> - Is it true ? It looks incredible !!! What really happened ? <br /> <br /> Later, I discovered this was a movie, but what a great movie ! It made my head become a punching bag, made me suspicious about my TV (if this guy can do it with his small team/money, what can 'they' do ?...), at a time the wars and the reasons of the wars were 'blurred' to our vision.<br /> <br /> Punishment Park is a bullet in your head, a Tomahawk direct to your mind. A perfect example of what tyranny can be, if we don't take care...<br /> <br /> Thanks to the author for the article, I had re-built my list of 'important movies to watch, urgently' since !<br /> <br /> pierre_boule<br /> <br /> 10 years ago: I’ve never heard about Peter Watkins. I’m on the sofa, watching the TV. Usually, I watch Arte (french public TV – yes I’m a freakin’ french :) ) because of the quality of the documentaries this channel plays.
And what I’m watching now ?
A documentary about activism under the Nixon years… Punishment Park !
- Is it true ? It looks incredible !!! What really happened ?

Later, I discovered this was a movie, but what a great movie ! It made my head become a punching bag, made me suspicious about my TV (if this guy can do it with his small team/money, what can ‘they’ do ?…), at a time the wars and the reasons of the wars were ‘blurred’ to our vision.

Punishment Park is a bullet in your head, a Tomahawk direct to your mind. A perfect example of what tyranny can be, if we don’t take care…

Thanks to the author for the article, I had re-built my list of ‘important movies to watch, urgently’ since !

pierre_boule

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