American Ruling Class
Posted On: March 28, 2009 by cdin | Facebook | Twitter | Email | 1 Comment »~~~
Want to know the truth about the economy?
Who owns America? Who owns the world? Who rules?
This movie is one of the most profounding searing
indictments of… you get to choose. Utterly masterful.
Website: http://theamericanrulingclass.org
“In this first of its kind “dramatic-documentary-musical,”
essayist Lewis Lapham and an all-star cast (including Kurt
Vonnegut, Robert Altman, James Baker and Arthur Ochs
Sulzberger Jr.) take two young Ivy-League graduates on
a tour of the corridors of power.
This “astonishing”, “coruscating” satire poses the question:
Is it better to rule the world, or to save it?
Appearing on the screen are a range of leaders and commentators
from across the political spectrum, among them: the late Robert
B. Altman, James A. Baker III, Bill Bradley, Harold Brown, Hodding
Carter III, William T. Coleman, Jr., Walter Cronkite, Barbara
Ehrenreich, Vartan Gregorian, Doug Henwood, Mike Medavoy,
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., John Perkins, (a.k.a., the economic hit-man)
Samuel Peabody, Pete Seeger, Lawrence H. Summers, Arthur
O. Sulzberger, Jr., William Howard Taft IV, the late Kurt
Vonnegut and Howard Zinn.”
You can buy the DVD which is nice to run in the background.
Music is great, wit is scintillating, it’s like classical music in
verbal form. : ) (If u sign up, they’ll give 10% discount. Every
bit counts.) The reason I’m promoting this video (for free, mind
u) is because it’s beyond good for ur collection.
No collection should be without it. Also checkout Half Moon
Street with Sigourney Weaver. Another astounding message
behind Sigourney’s nakedness. (Yes, she’s completely naked.)
Additional note, bad guys are not just from the Middle East,
Russia, US, Tinbuctoo, whatever. Bad Guys are from all over.
Half Moon Street has Michael Caine. Look for the mention of
the “4000.” Truer words n’eer be spoken… You’ll understand
when u see it. Huge eyeopener.
Musive Notes:
Recipe for Success
1. Take one small impoverished country.
2. Loan them tons of money. (Any reason
will do – weapons, palaces, “infrastructure,”
crime fighting, trips to Las Vegas, bridges
to nowhere… hospitals, “development.”)
3. When they can’t repay, force them to
sell you their “natural resources” at rock
bottom prices. Everybody wins. Especially you.
Mussolini:
“Fascism should be called corporatism since its
the merger of corporate and state power.”
assistance of the police
Voltaire:
“The comfort of the rich depends upon the abundance
of the poor.”
“Content and Distribution.”
“Globe straddling oligarchies – that’s who you will write for…”
Nature has led us to this point -
Bankers run the show, anyway CC- pay or play
“natural order of things today…”
Council of Foreign Affairs
“No one is fully human unless they make 500 thou
a year…”
Seductive Arithmetic. – golf outing…
The compulsion of the dull economic.
whiff of ambition.
meet the ruling class.
Mrs. Astor:
“Wealth is collected Manure. You have to spread it around…”
“The ruling class is always looking for new talent…”
Quote from the Essayist Lewis Lapham:
“As was true in the early years of the Republic
the country is gov by a Commercial Oligarchy
and the citizen who cannot afford the luxury
of a contrary opinion learns of necessity to
dance the beggar’s waltz…”
Through the eyes of the two actors one can:
“Divine the character of the American future
as they meet pillars of power and hear words
from on high…”
Do no harm…
One Response to “American Ruling Class”
cdin, on March 25th, 2009 at 12:28 am Said:
My First IMDB Movie Review :O
There are very few movies that warrant the blowing of me away. Enough about me.
At first glance, this movie might appear a bit erudite. Go right ahead and move past that – if you listen carefully, you will hear scintillating brilliance and dry urbane wit that rivals Monty Python’s Quest for Holy Grail.
Of course this is not a comedy. But sometimes, dry can be humorful in an incredulous, eye-opening sort of way.
One of the things that absolutely floored me is how revealing this movie is. You will see people who are the real deal (extraordinary people from powerful places and top positions in the stratosphere of the global elite) say astounding, unbelievable things. And, they mean every word. It’s mindblowing.
Don’t be surprised if you say to yourself, “Did I hear correctly?” “No, I couldn’t have heard that – let me rewind…” “They’re joking, right?” “This is a put on… isn’t it?” “Are they impersonators? Dub-ins?” “Are they who they say they are?” “How did the movie director get them into this movie?” “Astounding!” “I can’t believe it!”
Your head will swivel. You will definitely have to watch this movie over and over again to savor every enlightening moment, every little zinging nuance.
One reason is, because, there’s so much depth amongst the flashes of light and dark. It’s mesmerizing. Small, simple little phrases here and there that have the weight of dark matter.
There’s this quote from Voltaire – look for it. It’s extraordinarily timely, considering today’s economic climate… It involves “corporatism.”
One beauty of this movie is that it allows you to draw your own conclusions. It provides information. You provide the thinking.
The Acting and Actors…
Great acting by two student actors who play Yale grads. One of the actors is actually a Harvard grad – how funny is that? You KNOW there was a dig in there, some way…
Another student actor was from Princeton, another, Stanford. I wonder if any were from… Yale. After all, we’re talking about the political, affluent, power elite… would any Yalie participate in this most delightful movie?
Other ways this movie rrrocks…
The script is perfection, the acting, superb, actors, well chosen, the music, most excellent, and the actual real people who played themselves – stupendous.
The movie opens with a with a surreal exaggeration of an Ivy Leaguey gathering in the garden. The stage is set with verbal poetry in motion. It’s like pastel vellummy old paper, crispy and faded at the corners. Dry. Jaded. Ennui’d. Just the right touches to take the Ivy League theme a touch over the top, and yet not.
And the soundtrack and music… worth putting on in the background while you’re studying or working. You know how classical music increases work production? The music in this movie does that for me even though it’s not classical.
This movie is a MUST HAVE as you will most definitely want to watch it over and over again. You’ll see things you totally missed, every time.
This movie is… aBUNdant. Overflowing with meaning and discovery. If there ever was a movie for a lifetime, this is it.
Also check out Half Moon Street with Sigourney Weaver.
I hope I’m allowed to say that!
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