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Film Description
In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, this film explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguist and radical philosopher, Noam Chomsky. Highlighting his analysis and criticisms of the media, Manufacturing Consent focuses on democratic societies where populations not disciplined by force are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Shocking examples of media deception permeate Chomsky's critique of the forces at work behind the daily news. Still energising, still pertinent.
We live in the most recorded and televised period that history has known. Only the most naive however would venture that this has brought us closer to any kind of obje... more >
We live in the most recorded and televised period that history has known. Only the most naive however would venture that this has brought us closer to any kind of objective veracity in reportage. Footage that is finally broadcast is highly mediated in ways that go far beyond obvious editing. It is this area of how stories are chosen and presented through the media that Chomsky addresses in this accessible and stimulating investigation. He shows how mainstream news reporting shores up certain agendas, (even when it thinks it is doing quite the opposite), in a process he terms 'the manufacture of consent', supporting his contention with wide-ranging examples of archive footage. Chomsky encourages people to extricate themselves from the 'web of deceit' proferred by the omnipresent media, and to give themselves a breathing space from the information overload that clutters our lives. This is a fascinating and informative portrait of Chomsky taken from over 120 hours of footage. Watch this and you will never watch the news in the same way again. < less
