Extended Reading
  • Olen 2021-12-27 08:01:47

    What does the word "citizen" mean

    Basically, for me, the most profound thinking about this documentary is what is a citizen, what is a citizen’s power, what is a citizen’s duty, what is a citizen’s norm, and what is a citizen’s role model.

    There is no doubt that Snowden is a proper traitor to the US government. The film also asked...

  • Gardner 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    Safety is hiding in mediocrity

    #4 Citizen# Even if it is a documentary, it is a little crude and shabby, but think about it, in a world of seven billion people, how many people have the courage to do such a thing to the most powerful government. The 29-year-old did. However, at the beginning of the healthy and rosy face, after...

  • Kimberly 2022-03-30 09:01:05

    It is very valuable as "data". 500 years later, scholars who study human history will have to kneel before the director. However, from the perspective of a "documentary" film, an argument of "loss of privacy = loss of freedom" is not elaborated in depth and is not "beneficial" enough. The second part of the introduction is a post-completion performance, with a voice-over, it appears "fake". Third, it is unwise to talk about the Prism Gate and avoid Snowden's background. In the final material organization, there is a lack of strength.

  • Brooke 2022-04-21 09:02:50

    It restores the whole story of the "Prism Gate" incident in the United States, and guides the audience to understand a Snowden in a vortex. The whole film is like a political thriller with a sci-fi color. The amount of information is huge, it is terrifying, and it is worth watching.

Citizenfour quotes

  • TITLE CARD]: I stay in Hong Kong, hoping to continue filming but realize I am being followed. Six days later I return to Berlin.

  • TITLE CARD]: On June 21, 2013, the US government charges Snowden with three felonies, two under the Espionage Act and asks Hong Kong to extradite him.