Just for myself

Lew 2022-03-28 09:01:07

1. The effect of the first ten minutes at the beginning of the film is so good that it makes the subsequent content seem weak. There are too many empty shots that are too perfect, which weakens the feeling of the documentary. The neutrality of the document is not strong, and it is a bit one-sided and one-sided, and even makes people feel the traces of silk performances. 2. Take it out now and look at the times we live in: the Internet is about to control everything, data reflects our lives, shapes our lives, and even becomes the matrix of the source of our lives; Democracy is declining, and the differentiation and isolation of groups and the general public is intensifying. The big internet companies became the new oligarchs; the horrors of the great terror of totalitarian rule have not been forgotten. You must remind yourself that you cannot forget independent thinking, resistance to power, wake-up call to death knell, and learning of truth. 3. I hate politics. On the one hand, I think politicians who play with power are all worms of the social contract. On the other hand, I am alienated and cannot play the role of a servant and a manager at all. But now it seems that it is necessary to learn some knowledge of political science

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  • 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.