Zeitgeist

2007
8.1| 1h58m| en
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A documentary examining possible historical and modern conspiracies surrounding Christianity, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve bank.

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Gentle Machine Productions LLC

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Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.
Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
maximusa-22603 Interesting, research all aspects though as not everything claimed is true. But there's no denying we are the farm animals and the farmers (the real owners of this country) are in control. "A Concentration of wealth yields a concentration of Power" ~Noam Chomsky.
Raj Doctor Zeitgeist means defining spirit or mood of a particular eraDirector Peter Joseph, who started as a musician and a drop out from college had varied interest and did not like advertising, and tried day trading in stock market, editing videos, investigating economist theories. He created two videos and presented it to audience where he performed live music. That is what resulted in Zeitgeist, which he initially posted on a free website which was converted to a DVD (non-commercial distribution priced at USD 5/-. That made the film traveled to festival circuits and grew in popularity. The rest they say is history.Zeitgiest talks about fundamental root causes of human problems. It starts with hypothetical propositions of ideas about 1) ideas about parallels of Jesus' birth with several other Egyptian Gods associated with astronomical occurrences 2) Conspiracy around Sep 9/11 terrorist attack done from within CIA to unify American society and get a common enemy and curb individual freedom 3) The role of Federal Bank in keeping people under debt and sustain wars / conflicts to profit private banks and arms producers 4) A possibility of unified North America that ultimately lead to One World Government where people lose privacy because of constant surveillance All of these put together may be termed as conspiracy theory and one can not rule out such plausible scenarios in future. Because of its popularity Peter immediately followed it up with a Zeitgeist movement and trilogy films Zeitgeist Addendum (solution based with Jacque Fresco) and Zeitgeist Moving Forward to create social change. Recently Peter also published a book titled "The New Human Rights Movement" and came out with another documentary titled InterReflection 1.The documentary is poorly made. It is crude. There are also errors (or lies stated) in his facts.(Krishna was not born to virgin nor was he born on 25 Dec as claimed). I assume, that due to lack of my knowledge on other fields - the errors and lie may multiply. At this point - we have to just assume and take what Peter Joseph presents at face value.Surely one can not miss some vital points it raises. Seeing such an exceptionally positive response, Peter decided to call himself activist and work towards a "Solution Model" to the issues raised through his documentaries.Peter Joseph has strong backlash from establishments (government, media, banks, capitalist etc.) but with today's internet age - he has a good following to give him that impetus to continue forward. One quote by Peter Joseph "We live in a sick culture, society is mentally ill. Today to be normal is to be messed up". I like this quote because I feel the same way about the world.I will go with 6.75 out of 10
josephoneill-47629 An excellent production, that makes you think.Though I am a Christian, and therefore might not agree with Peter Joseph's views on religion, I find his open and interesting style raise many questions that we must try to answer relating especially to the US murder machine, the military-industrial complex, Pearl harbour, the Lusitania, 9/11 and the Israeli film crew etc.I hope Peter can make a movie on the suffering Palestinians soon.
Troels Larsen First of all, I will commend the author of this power-point presentation for his technique. It is a fast moving documentary, revealing the true nature of religion, terrorism and federal banking. During this 2 hour piece, proof is presented that Christianity is basically just another clone of every other religion out there, that 9/11 was an inside job, that income tax is unconstitutional, and that Pearl Harbor was provoked intentionally by America. These revelations would have made this the single greatest documentary ever made, if it were not for one minor flaw: it is all complete and utterly fabricated.After watching the movie and doing (surprisingly little) research, it becomes evident that roughly 90% of the arguments presented as fact in this 'documentary' are completely made up. I won't present any examples here, but several sites already exist that debunk the entire film.Now, the falsehoods in this film are so blatant and severe that they cannot be the product of an under researched script - they have to be made with the intent of misleading the audience.Frankly, I am amazed that tinfoil hats can be made with sufficient thickness that people can actually believe this. I would previously have thought that such an amount of aluminum foil would have snapped the neck of whoever attempted to wear such a hat.So in that respect, I suppose I learned something by watching this movie.In summary, watch this movie if: A) You *know* that 9/11 was an inside job and you want someone to agree with you. B) You process critical thinking and you need a good example of what can be done with clever editing and complete disregard for facts.In either case, you may have a good time. But if you find that you have changed your mind about anything after watching this movie, I beg that you read both sides of the argument.However, since this documentary so obviously has an agenda, I cannot with good conscience good it a good rating. But I would say it is definitely in the 'so bad it's good' category.