"The Shock Doctrine" is at under 7 minutes a really short documentary from 2007 and usually you don't find documentaries this short if we cut out the very old ones from Méliès and others. This one is probably less known for writer Naomi Klein, who also narrates this introduction to her book, but because it was written by Alfonso Cuarón and directed by his son Jonas. There are some slightly disturbing images in here there is no denying, so if you cannot deal with these, then skip the watch, but other than that, it is a good movie in my opinion. What we see fits well together with what we hear I must say and it is nicely explained and the conclusions and elaboration seem to be fitting. It is an interesting topic too I guess and if I was more of an avid reader, then I'd perhaps give it a go. But yeah, you can fit in only so much in under 10 minutes. Greatness is definitely not achieved and I am also a bit surprised by Cuarón being attached to this project subject-wise, but good for him I guess and also for Klein as these days with him being a Best Director Oscar winner, probably soon a 2-time Best Director Oscar winner, it would become more difficult to get him involved here. A good watch overall, probably better for those interested in the subject beforehand already than for Cuarón completionists. Go see it.
Review of The Shock Doctrine
