Comments on: “The Shock Doctrine” (2009) – Review #11 http://lovedox.com/the-shock-doctrine-2009/ We love documentaries! Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: J.R.Schriver http://lovedox.com/the-shock-doctrine-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-22 J.R.Schriver Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:04:26 +0000 http://lovedox.com/?p=293#comment-22 Hi James, You are right, Naomi Klein actually <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/28/naomi-klein-winterbottom-shock-doctrine" rel="nofollow">disowned the film</a> and has been asked to be removed from the credits. Not sure if this played a role in her decision, but I did find her role in the film strangely detached from the rest of the narrative. We see her giving a lecture tour around the US, which breaks the rhythm of the rest of the film. Anyway, she does say that: <i>"As often happens, we had different ideas about how to tell this story and build the argument. This is Michael's adaptation of my book, and I didn't want there to be any confusion about that. I wish the film success."</i> I had another read of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry for the Shock Doctrine</a> and have added the book to my to-read list. P.S. Drop me a line if you manage to attend CPH:DOX some day :) Hi James,

You are right, Naomi Klein actually disowned the film and has been asked to be removed from the credits.

Not sure if this played a role in her decision, but I did find her role in the film strangely detached from the rest of the narrative. We see her giving a lecture tour around the US, which breaks the rhythm of the rest of the film. Anyway, she does say that:

“As often happens, we had different ideas about how to tell this story and build the argument. This is Michael’s adaptation of my book, and I didn’t want there to be any confusion about that. I wish the film success.”

I had another read of the Wikipedia entry for the Shock Doctrine and have added the book to my to-read list.

P.S. Drop me a line if you manage to attend CPH:DOX some day :)

]]> By: James McNally http://lovedox.com/the-shock-doctrine-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-21 James McNally Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:48:45 +0000 http://lovedox.com/?p=293#comment-21 Looking forward to seeing this, maybe at Hot Docs. As I understand, Naomi Klein has distanced herself from the final film (based on her excellent book of the same title) due to differences with Winterbottom. I wouldn't be surprised if it was over the editing, etc. The book is a door-stopper but completely gripping. Well-researched and convincing. It doesn't need to be dumbed-down and simplified. It's more an indictment of neo-liberal economics than anything specifically anti-Bush, so it will always be timely. Thanks for your review, and all the other CPH:DOX ones (hope to get there one day!) Looking forward to seeing this, maybe at Hot Docs. As I understand, Naomi Klein has distanced herself from the final film (based on her excellent book of the same title) due to differences with Winterbottom. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was over the editing, etc. The book is a door-stopper but completely gripping. Well-researched and convincing. It doesn’t need to be dumbed-down and simplified. It’s more an indictment of neo-liberal economics than anything specifically anti-Bush, so it will always be timely.

Thanks for your review, and all the other CPH:DOX ones (hope to get there one day!)

]]> By: CPH:DOX 2009 round-up http://lovedox.com/the-shock-doctrine-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-14 CPH:DOX 2009 round-up Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:56:42 +0000 http://lovedox.com/?p=293#comment-14 [...] fun to watch. “The Cove” was fun and entertaining and achieves its objective. “Shock Doctrine” is the sort of political doc that I thought directors stopped making after Bush left the [...] [...] fun to watch. “The Cove” was fun and entertaining and achieves its objective. “Shock Doctrine” is the sort of political doc that I thought directors stopped making after Bush left the [...]

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