Bert said (November 1, 2012):

There's one movie that might deserve mention as a success, if we define success as developing a worldwide anti-drugs following. It was so successful, and it exploded into an underground worldwide following so fast, on a shoestring budget, and it was so anti-drugs, that the CIA and Hollywood were forced to respond. The movie was "The Harder They Come, the Harder They Fall," with Jimmy Cliff.

This little movie, still mostly unknown and still hated by Hollywood, was a shot in the late 1960s in Jamaica, by a handful of local amateurs who wanted to tell a story. In spite of its extremely poor audio and video quality, the film, once seen, is however never forgotten. Its methods of simplicity and honesty cannot be hidden. All of the actors and singers in the film were local Jamaican amateurs. They were "unknowns" who wanted to tell a story of how CIA drugs and Illuminati corruption was hurting beautiful Jamaica. It was locally produced, reportedly on a budget of only $60,000, using extremely primitive cameras and studio equipment. In a few years time, the film had a worldwide underground (or backstreet theater) following. In spite of its extremely poor, but extremely honest, video and audio quality, it has a loyal following still to this day. The native Jamaican brogue is so thick, the first English editions had subtitles.

The movie was a response/resistance to the CIA, Hollywood and the Pentagon, and their corruption of local police and politicians, through control of the worldwide drugs and porn industries.

Using the unknown singer Jimmy Cliff, the film introduced a native Jamaican musical genre, now known as Reggae. The power of Reggae was immediately recognized, for its combinations of simplicity and innocence. While the film is about drugs, it is also very anti-drugs in its overall theme. It will shock most people to learn that Reggae started as an anti-drugs genre. Hollywood and the CIA immediately saw its overnight popularity as a threat. A new and unknown musical genre had somehow been introduced which expressed the victory of the soul over Hollywood and CIA drugs and corruption. They wanted reggae turned into a pro-drugs musical genre, and they wanted Jimmy Cliff-who? off the charts. So, the CIA and Hollywood gave Bob Marley the big push. Marley took the bait. He didn't care that he was being used to push a theory that Jamaicans are as bunch of a perpetually stoned-out Rastafarian. However, the originator of authentic native Jamaican reggae, Jimmy Cliff, who developed the genre on musical innocence, dignity, simplicity and honesty, started reggae on the theme that Hollywood, the CIA and drugs were the essence of the problem. Under Bob Marley, getting stoned became cool again.

As part of the psyops war against Jimmy Cliff and his anti-drugs stance, the CIA staged the Virginia Tech mass shooting. One of the pictures of the alleged shooter was modeled after scenes taken from this movie.

David said (November 1, 2012):

An indie film from a few years back, brilliantly scripted and memorably shot, is "Next Stop Wonderland". Realistically explores heterosexual relationships and beautifully illustrates how missed encounters and split-second happenstance can change one's life forever.

Guy said (November 1, 2012):

I absolutely recommend the 2009 transatlantic Mockumentary 'Morris: A Life with Bells on.' An affectionate parody, yet a warm and affecting tribute to, the oldest and truest tradition left in England [Morris Dancing.]

Beautiful scripts and performances from a cast that are obviously in love with the script themselves. Lead Actor and screenwriter Charles Thomas Oldham should be a household name but isn't.

The nearest point of comparison would be Local Hero, and similarly , the Morris film is entirel lacking in malice towards any of its characters.

This is what life should be like - and if only everybody made a commitment to be just plain decent, it would be!

Rick said (November 1, 2012):

Alrighty, I've got netflix packed and I'm looking forward to another, An Education which blew my mind.

Millennium's specific episodes of interest are The Fourth Horseman and Skull and Bones (Both expose HAARP sub-rosa, from the same group who had an airliner pointed at the WTC as the plot of a spin-off of the X-Files) are worth a look.

JAK said (November 1, 2012):

"Movies used to inform, uplift and entertain. Now they are agitprop, designed to control the mind and destroy the spirit".

Doc,

Go watch a copy of "Things to Come" (1936) and there you will see the entire Illuminati plan for humanity played out in all it's "glory". This film was released 76 years ago...

CC said (October 31, 2012):

Henry, you may also want to take a look at 'Machine Gun Preacher' as a film that wouldn't quite sit well with a sinister narrative & as a result, received very little fanfare despite starring a big name like Gerard Butler...

Especially when you take the real life story of Sam Childers into account.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586752/

http://www.machinegunpreacher.org/

G said (October 31, 2012):

When I taught philosophy of art for many years, I made Tom Wolfe's book, The Painted Word, required reading on the financial and other dynamics of abstract art. If you have not read it, you would enjoy it. It apparently makes points similar to the movie Boogie Woogie. Once again, keep up your fantastic work.