Citizen Four

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  1. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

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    Going to see this film in about 2 hours. It got the academy award for best documentary. Its reputation precedes it. Hope it is all it is claimed to be:


    Laura Poitras
    Documentary

    114 minutes

    | Godfrey Cheshire

    "Though superlatives can mischaracterize any movie’s qualities, it is not an overstatement, I think, to call “Citizenfour,” Laura Poitras’ film about Edward Snowden, the movie of the century (to date).

    That statement is meant, first off, to suggest certain things about its relation to our collective past, present and future. No film so boldly X-rays certain crucial changes wrought upon the world, and especially America and its government, by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. No film so demands to be seen by every sentient person who values his or her own freedom and privacy. No film so clearly implies actions that need to be taken to prevent the 21st century from turning into an Orwellian nightmare in which technologically-enabled tyranny is absolute and true political liberty, for all intents and purposes, nonexistent.

    This is not to say that “Citizenfour” is a perfect film, if anyone believes that such a thing exists. On the contrary, perhaps more than any documentary in history, it invites endless questions about what Poitras chose to put in and leave out, to emphasize and to elide. But such debates are only a secondary–if very fascinating–aspect of a broader national and international discussion that the film deserves to start. They do nothing to diminish its colossal importance."===http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/citizenfour-2014

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  3. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

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    Conclusion: there is no privacy. It's an illusion. Govt agencies tap your phone calls, check your Google searches, read your emails, trace your debit card transactions, track your cell phone locations and who you call, and evaluate you in terms of a threat or a tool for their political purposes. All in the name of preventing terrorism. Of preventing another 911. What a load of crap..(shhh..the NSA is listening in now.)
     
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  5. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    It's certainly possible you aren't important enough to watch. Snowden was very brave.
     
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  7. youreyes amorphous ocean Valued Senior Member

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    This film should have been called "Freedom and Liberty for all"
     
  8. youreyes amorphous ocean Valued Senior Member

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    the Conclusion should be that there should be a limit to how much governments are able to spy on their citizens.
     
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