Just finished watching “Green Zone” with Matt Damon. It’s worth watching it even if for nothing more than to have the re-affirmation that government and quasi-governmental agencies, et al, are corrupt and war is what they lust for.
I would very much recommend “Monsters”. It is a new independent film from the UK.
It is about an alien “invasion” in Mexico. A man is hired by his boss to bring his daughter back into the “uninfected zone”, that is, the US just north of the Mexican border. In order to get into the US the couple has to travel through the alien infested area. The film is about their journey.
It is relatively non violent, (for an alien invasion film), visually beautiful, and avoids many cliches that other movies of this genre seem to fall into.
As far as libertarian themes go, it has a positive portrayal of private mercenaries (!) while at the same time showing government militarism in a somewhat negative light. The non aggression axiom (leave the aliens alone, they leave us alone) is brought up at least once, and there is a very blatant critique of the present US government policy of increasing militarization of the southern border.
I do not think you will be disaapointe.
tried watching Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula last month. Looked promising but the version I downloaded did not have sub titles and there was too much Romanian talk for me to follow. Its about how Romania changed from communist to ‘capitalist’ shows some of the clear benefits in the last 20 years but then also shows the problems. And I am pretty sure it looks like most of the blame goes towards how much the transformation was more like “the more things change, the more they stay the same” in that many of the old political guys in the communist system ended up owning the state assets, and other such corruption.
Kynodontas (2009) (aka Dogtooth)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379182/
If you love cinema, are not afraid of weird, wick or even disturbing, fucked up movies, like Gummo and even more extreme, like Salo or Canibal Holocaust (not to say that this movie is like that), then definitely a must see. A new film from Europe (Greece). I loved it. Synopsis read on IMDB. In my opinion it is truly original movie. I rarely come across something like that.
If you need english subtitles, get it here http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/3665443/kynodontas-en
Salo is the most disturbing film I’ve ever seen, cannibal holocaust is sick too. I’ll definitely check it out!
I highly recommend The Outlaw Josey Wales to anyone who was not seen it yet.
Have Gun Will Travel
- TV Western from the 50’s. Palladin is a gun for hire with a conscience.
Jeremiah
- Great post apocolyptic mini series based on graphic novels. When the “good guys” form their government, the first rule is ‘private property is paramount.’
Survivors
- Another post apocolyptic from the BBC. Excellent development of individual characters. Strong criticism of governments and corporate cronies.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- The story of the Roman slave gladiator Spartacus, a guy who led a slave rebellion and died fighting for his freedom.
I nominate Tomorrow the War Begins: 2010
Plot: Australia is invaded and a group of (politically correct) teenagers who head to the hills and return to fight a guerilla war after their small town is invaded an occupied by an unspecified Asian army.
It is basically Red Dawn with a decent script, good acting and better cinematography.
Salo is a weird ass movie… its definately not for everyone…
I saw Waiting for Superman. It was disappointing. As if charter schools would solve the problem.
I agree 1000%. I just finished watching A Bug’s Life for the first time and I loved every minute of it. It’s the most libertarian movie I’ve seen in years! The theme of exploited sheeple standing up to exploiter government is so blatant that I find it impossible to believe that there weren’t some hardcore libertarians involved with the writing. Does anyone know anything about the politics of the people who wrote and produced it?
“I nominate Tomorrow the War Begins: 2010”
Haha, I read all the books. Epic. Have to see the movie. Btw, thread here that I can actually edit. The same atm as page 2 version, but will update eventually.
I don’t think this has been posted yet: Be Kind Rewind. Features the government (and later, IP lawyers) trying to relocate/shut down a small business. Echoes Mises’ sentiments about the sovereignty of the consumer and is generally pro free market.. Also for jazz fans it refers to Fats Waller throughout the movie.
What about M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village? Now that I think about it, it was really a metaphor for the State.
Dirty Harry and Miracle at St. Anna are both great and they have libertarian themes. Although, Dirty Harry was criticized for being a fascist. That’s some pretty crazy doiblethink.
Watched Ned Kelly over the weekend. It was a decent movie and a great true story about a man and his family in their fight against corrupt cops.
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Depicts Israel policies on West Bank and Gaza as a kind of fascism.
Anyone familiar with Mike Judge’s work (Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill, etc.) knows that he doesn’t settle for the status quo. This movie presents a comical challenge to the “Robber Baron” conception of every small-business entrepreneur and provides a little room for “the other side of the story”. Great movie.
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