Have any of you seen Punishment Park?

[john winthrop]

i have seen it, and even though watkins' politics are very close to mine, i 
didn't really like the manipulative side of it, fake tv documentary etc... 
there is something about it that i find even more disturbing than what it 
criticizes. i think that by making a fake tv documentary it tends to shift 
the focus from politics to media politics, and i don't think that was his 
original goal.
what do you think?


>From: "snappydresser" <snappydresser at rogers.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Have any of you seen Punishment Park?
>Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:00:33 -0500
>
>Peter Watkins' speculative documentary from 1971 about what might happen if 
>certain statutes of certain national security laws were to go into effect?
>
>I watched it today, and found it deeply disturbing and highly a propos. I 
>recommend to everyone reading this, regardless of political persuasion.
>
>Cheers,
>YOPJ
>
>http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=3654

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