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| Directed by | Peter Joseph |
| Release date | 2007 |
| Running time | 116 min |
| Language | English |
Zeitgeist, the Movie is a 2007 web film produced by Peter Joseph that presents a number of conspiracy theories related to Christianity, the attacks of 9/11, and the Federal Reserve Bank. It was released free online via Google Video in June of 2007. A remastered version was presented as a global premiere on November 10, 2007 at the 4th Annual Artivist Film Festival & Artivist Awards.
Structure
Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told
Part I evaluates Christian beliefs established in the Bible and critiques the historicity of the Bible. In furtherance of the Jesus myth hypothesis, this part argues that the historical Jesus is a literary and astrological hybrid, and that the Bible is based on astrological principles documented by many ancient civilizations, especially pertaining to movement of the sun through the sky and stars. The movie specifically mentions the story links between Jesus Christ and the Egyptian Sun God Horus. According to the movie, Religion and myths in general can be used to motivate people to be good or remember important astrological occurrences, but ultimately if the majority of people believe in something that is not true, then they are in danger of being controlled (or oppressed).
Part II: All the World's a Stage
According to Part II, the United States was warned about the impending September 11, 2001 attacks, that NORAD was purposely confused through wargames to allow the planes to reach their targets, and that the World Trade Center buildings underwent a controlled demolition. Additionally, the film argues that six of the named hijackers are still alive, that Hani Hanjour could not have flown Flight 77 into the Pentagon, that the Bush Administration covered up the truth in the 9/11 Commission Report, and that the mainstream media has failed to ask important questions about the official account. The movie claims 9/11 was engineered to remove the rights of the citizens and make more money for those in power.
Part III: Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain
According to Part III, powerful bankers have been conspiring for world domination and increased power and the rich of society have been using their wealth to increase financial panic and foster a consolidation of independent competing banks. The film details the Theory of Electronic Conspiracy and claims that the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States, was created in order to steal the wealth of the nation. It makes claims of war profiteering by a rich few. It describes the goal of these bankers as world power over a controllable public. This section also claims that there is a clandestine movement to usurp the American constitution and dollar by merging the USA, Canada and Mexico into a North American Union, a super-state similar to the EU. According to the movie, this has been done without the ratification of congress and is promoted as the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.
Criticism
In addition to attracting significant public interest, it has been criticized for relying too heavily on anecdotal evidence and for using unidentified, undated, and unsourced video news clips, voice-overs, quotes, and book citations without page numbers.
In one of its few mainstream reviews the Irish Times called it "unhinged" and accused it of offering nothing but "surreal perversions of genuine issues and debates".
See also
References
- Shaw, Charles. (October 21, 2007) Scoop Independent News. Mythology and Iconoclasm of Zeitgeist The Movie; The Big Lie: Parsing the Mythology and Iconoclasm of Zeitgeist: The Movie.
- Google Video ZEITGEIST, The Movie - Official Release - Full Film
- News Blaze (November 10, 2007) 4th Annual Artivist Film Festival & Artivist Awards "Merging Art & Activism: Saturday Night Film "Zeitgeist"
- ^ Irish Times (August 25, 2007) Zeitgeist: the nonsense Section: Weekend; page 16.
- Talley, Kevin. (October 15, 2007) The Arbiter. 'Zeitgeist' raises real questions. Section: Culture.
- Constant, Paul. (September 5, 2007) The Stranger Beauty Is Truth. Section: Features.
- Frauenfelder, Mark. (August 6, 2007) Boing Boing Jay Kinney reviews Zeitgeist, the Movie.
- Tossell, Ivor. (August 20, 2007) The Globe and Mail Rejecting conspiracy thinking keeps it alive and well