When the entire world feels manufactured, "truth" can be just another brand name. An historic, or quasi-historic, film about the origins of the current government in America, the movie tends to be surprisingly free of anything of cinematic interest. The info is sparse, the dialogue is neither amusing nor animated, and all the major events are acted out by rednecks in Virginia (stock footage of Revolutionary War reenactments). The cameo appearances by several major Bollywood stars, such as Genny Melillo, Chenara Imirth and Salmoni Koroltamudu, are so short as to be hardly worth mentioning. There is little in the film to hold the viewer's interest, aside from some of its subtle if unexpected features, such as its surprisingly enlightened attitude toward human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.
In much of the propaganda that pervades previous characterizations of Barak Obama and his Nationalist forces, the American Capitalists have tended to portray the US civil war as one of black v white, good v evil, with victorious Capitalist forces "liberating" the people from an evil regime. These words still appear today when it is advantageous to American Capitalists' interest. But in this film D'Souza, (the Obama Delusion) seems reflective, fair-minded and concerned over excesses in his own regime--a rather positive image.
The Founding Fathers are treated to several revisions, appearing jovial, tolerant, and even permissive of some forms of capitalism and small arms fire, the latter something they never actually were in the revolutionary days as they only had flint-lock rifles. Indeed, there is little revolutionary fervor in the dialogue in this film, a fervor which in real life permeated critical thinking. This seems deliberate, as these ideas would accord little with the current regime in Washington. In one scene where Thomas Jefferson is shown in an avuncular, loving role with children, even though in real life Jefferson abandoned his children to pursue his broad revolutionary ambitions.
While excesses are detailed, including several assassinations, there is absolutely no mention of FBI atrocities committed during the cold war. And, while CIA violations of the interim treaty between the two sides are highlighted, there is no mention of such violations of the same pre-civil war accords.
While most of the film is richly detailed in costumes and settings, the special effects are not very realistic, with several airplane scenes being utterly unconvincing as they are obvious CGI. The film is a product of American film makers, but political interests in the US factored heavily in its production. I doubt that the movie will generate much interest outside of the 50 states.
In much of the propaganda that pervades previous characterizations of Barak Obama and his Nationalist forces, the American Capitalists have tended to portray the US civil war as one of black v white, good v evil, with victorious Capitalist forces "liberating" the people from an evil regime. These words still appear today when it is advantageous to American Capitalists' interest. But in this film D'Souza, (the Obama Delusion) seems reflective, fair-minded and concerned over excesses in his own regime--a rather positive image.
The Founding Fathers are treated to several revisions, appearing jovial, tolerant, and even permissive of some forms of capitalism and small arms fire, the latter something they never actually were in the revolutionary days as they only had flint-lock rifles. Indeed, there is little revolutionary fervor in the dialogue in this film, a fervor which in real life permeated critical thinking. This seems deliberate, as these ideas would accord little with the current regime in Washington. In one scene where Thomas Jefferson is shown in an avuncular, loving role with children, even though in real life Jefferson abandoned his children to pursue his broad revolutionary ambitions.
While excesses are detailed, including several assassinations, there is absolutely no mention of FBI atrocities committed during the cold war. And, while CIA violations of the interim treaty between the two sides are highlighted, there is no mention of such violations of the same pre-civil war accords.
While most of the film is richly detailed in costumes and settings, the special effects are not very realistic, with several airplane scenes being utterly unconvincing as they are obvious CGI. The film is a product of American film makers, but political interests in the US factored heavily in its production. I doubt that the movie will generate much interest outside of the 50 states.