Zeitgeist-The Movie-

Cyril Tourneur · 05-06-2008

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

here's what wikipedia says about this film:

Zeitgeist, the Movie is a

2007_in_film

Documentary_film

, produced by Peter Joseph about the

Jesus_myth_hypothesis

, the attacks of 9/11, and the

Federal_Reserve_Bank

as well as a number of

Conspiracy_theories

related to those three main topics.[3] It was released free online via

Google_Video

in June of 2007.[4] A remastered version was presented as a global premiere on November 10, 2007 at the 4th Annual Artivist Film Festival & Artivist Awards.[5]
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[edit] History of the film

Zeitgeist was first released on June 26, 2007 and topped the Google video charts[6] The film was distributed officially via

Google_Video

and BitTorrent, both freely accessible. The film was translated into Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. Zeitgeist won the top award of Best Feature Documentary/

Artivist

Spirit at the 4th Annual Artivists Awards in 2008 in Hollywood, CA.[7]

[edit] Structure

A still from the introduction

The film starts with a speech by Chögyam Trungpa about spirituality, followed by a series of musically synchronized clips of

War

and explosions culminating with one of the towers of

World_Trade_Center

collapsing during 9/11. The mood then changes and in contrast there follows a sequence of clips showing the horrors of war. There is a short clip that shows a hand writing "1 + 1 = 2" (representing logic), but is brushed away by another hand before the first finishes, and is replaced by a bible (representing religion) and an American flag (representing patriotic behaviour). After a few more war clips, the film then quotes

Jordan_Maxwell

's Inner World of the Occult, criticizing religious institutions, governments, and the

Banks

Cartel

who "have misled [the people] away from the true and divine presence in the universe." This portion ends with more images accompanied by audio of a portion of a

George_Carlin

monologue on religion.

[edit] Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told

Horus

left and

Jesus

right

Part I evaluates the

The_Bible_and_history

. In furtherance of the

Jesus_myth_hypothesis

, this part argues that the

Historical_Jesus

is a literary and astrological hybrid,[8] and that the Bible is based on astrological principles documented by many ancient civilizations, especially pertaining to the movement of the sun through the sky and stars. The film explains how and why early civilizations personified the

Sun

as the "representative of the unseen

Creator

or

God

" and how stars were linked into

Constellations

, the 12 constellations being a place of travel for "God's Sun" and representing "elements of nature that happened during that period of time." This section is also used by the film to show the Pagan origins of the symbol of the Cross.

Horus

, the Ancient Egyptian Sun God, is introduced as having a number of attributes in common with

Jesus

. For instance, the movie claims that Horus was born of a virgin mother, his arrival was proclaimed by a star in the east and upon his birth he was adored by three kings. He was a child teacher at 12, was baptized at 30, traveled with 12 disciples and performed acts such as healing the sick and walking on water. The relationship between Horus and Set is also discussed. The movie describes this conflict (dark vs. light or good vs. evil) as "one of the most ubiquitous mythological dualities ever known and it's still expressed at many levels at this day."
According to the movie, religion and myths in general are used to manipulate people and maintain established social structures.
“ Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems [...] empowers those who know the truth, but use the myth to manipulate and control societies. The religious myth is the most powerful device ever created, and serves as the psychological soil upon which other myths can flourish. ”
[edit] Part II: All the World's a Stage

9/11 attacks

Part II of the documentary claims 9/11 was engineered to generate mass fear, justify going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq, to remove civil liberties from the general public, and to make more money for the people in power. These theories include that the United States was warned about the impending September 11, 2001 attacks, that

North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command

allowed the planes to reach their targets, and that the

World_Trade_Center

buildings underwent a

Controlled_demolition_hypothesis_for_the_collapse_of_the_World_Trade_Center

. The film also explores the theory that six of the named hijackers are still alive, that

could not have flown

into

, that the

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.

[edit] Part III: Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain

The

Federal_Reserve

According to Part III, powerful bankers have been conspiring for world domination and increased power while 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 explores war profiteering by banking cartels and defense and military contractors. It describes the goal of these bankers as world power over a controllable public.[9]
This section also explores the possibility that there is a clandestine movement, promoted by the

Security_and_Prosperity_Partnership_of_North_America

, to usurp the

American_constitution

and

, by merging the

,

and

into a

that uses a single currency, the

Amero

, without the ratification of Congress. This currency union would create a super-state similar to the

European_Union

, which together with the

African_Union

and the proposed

Asian_Union

would gradually be merged into a One World government. The movie concludes that under such a government, every human could be implanted with a RFID microchip which will be used to monitor individuals and suppress dissent. It also claims that the

Internal_Revenue_Service

and the U.S.

Tax_protester_constitutional_arguments

and there are

Tax_protester_statutory_arguments

. The movie ends, however, on an optimistic note, expressing confidence in the possibility of overthrowing oppressive forces and the ultimate triumph of revolution.

[edit] Criticisms

In addition to attracting significant public interest,[8] it has been criticized for relying too heavily on

Anecdotal_evidence

,[10] and for using unidentified, undated, and unsourced video news clips, voice-overs, quotes, and book citations without page numbers.[11][12][13] In a piece entitled Internet idiocy: the latest pandemic, the Arizona Daily Wildcat

Arizona_Daily_Wildcat
refers to the film as "internet bull####" saying that "witty sayings, fear tactics and a cool, assertive air all enable them to convince the unwitting public of their points".[14] The Irish Times

Irish_Times
called it "unhinged" and accused it of offering nothing but "surreal perversions of genuine issues and debates."[8]
Jordyn Marcellus of The Gauntlet felt it was ironic that the film's viewers "have blindly followed the documentary without doing their own research." He states that, though the film is "well-edited and is truly compelling", it "glosses over inconvenient facts," uses "deceptive filmmaking" and that "for a film that rails against deception, there's a lot of deception implicit in its creation."[13]
On March 10 2008, director Peter Joseph removed the "Clarifications" section from the film's official site, which The Gauntlet believed "alluded to dishonest filmmaking tactics that would otherwise help to discredit the film." It was replaced by a "Q&A Section". The new section responds to the film's critics stating that "All Part 1 'debunkers' do one or more of the following: (1) They attack/marginalize the messengers. (2) They do no real research. (3) They blindly ask 'Where are the 'Primary Sources'?' (4) They projected their own subjective interpretation of a piece of information by using 'semantic manipulation'"[13]

unknown · 05-08-2008

I've seen Zeitgeist, and this was my reaction:
Part 1: Sweet. This is pretty cool
Part 2: 9/11 Conspiracy Tin Foil part...skip
Part 3: This is getting rather ridiculous, but I can't help this overwhelming sense of defeat and paranoia

it really strikes a chord in people. they have some pretty staunch opinions on the film.

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