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Actors: Nicholson, Pacino, De Niro, Toshiro Mifune, Klaus Kinski, Gerard Depardieu, Takeshi Shimura,
Actresses: Eva Green, Natalie Portman, Sigourney Weaver, Emmanuelle Beart, Sophie Marceau.
Music: Jason Becker, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Lang, Kelly Joe Phelps, Black Sabbath, The Arcade Fire, My Bloody Valentine, Whipping Boy, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone, Death Cab for Cutie, Kraftwerk, Laibach, Can, The Stone Roses, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Leftfield, Aphex Twin, The Orb, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Fiona Apple, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, The Stooges, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Dead Kennedy's, Jane's Addiction, Blake Babies, Nirvana, Metallica, Opeth, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Christy Moore, Planxty.....Delta Blues, Jazz...ad infinitum
Movies: The Godfather Trilogy(yeah..even part III), Fitzcarraldo, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, Shaun of the Dead, Scarface, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Napoleon Dynamite, Dog Day Afternoon, The 'Dead' tetralogy, Wedding Crashers, Taxi Driver, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Animal House, Seven Samurai, Kagemusha, Hot Fuzz, Bill Hicks: Revelations, Dazed & Confused
Reviews
Chavez: Inside the Coup (2003)
Startling, eye-opening documentary
This documentary has been aired on both RTE and BBC in the last number of months. Having seen it twice now I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in media and documentary film making.
Initially this documentary was meant to detail the political life of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The Irish crew set off with those intentions. What happens when they get to Venezuela is startling as they witness first hand the attempted overthrow by rebel factions (particularly the oil concerns in Venezuela) of Chavez and his government. What we the audience witness is just how the media manipulates the situation and in effect backs the overthrow of Chavez by distorting events that transpire as the coup heightens.
It really is an excellent documentary and a remarkable piece of work by a couple of novice filmmakers.