parasrrpp Reviews

The Secret Rulers of the World (2001– )

The underworld of conspiracy theories turns out to be true

[26 January 2005]

Jon Ronson tries to get into the Bilderberg group and shows that the conspiracy theorists are not as wrong as hey seem to be. You get freaked out as what it appeared to be as a mad theory about world leaders and international financiers meeting secretly and this organisation taking crucial decisions on world policy turns out to be possible. Many strange things happen in the process of trying to sneak into the meeting, which turns out to be impossible. An interesting fact is that many of the members of the group admit they are members, claiming its just a private organisation that does not want to go on papers. I have to admit i was freaked out. Just watch it, its freely distributed over the web and take your own conclusions.

The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (2003)

An interesting documentary about the controversial problem in the Basque country

[23 December 2003]

I went to see the film having read the critics, which stated that this movie could only be seen by pro-nationalists, hoping to get out of the cinema in the middle of projection. How wrong was I!!! Even though the movie is not completely objective, and it compares victims of terrorism to the families of the terrorists, there are very intelligent opinions made by very intelligent thinkers, politicians and journalists who are affected directly by the basque problem. There are also interesting comments made by those who are in favor of the basque autodetermination, including those who "support" terrorism. Medem has made a film where everybody has voice to criticise and to praise everything they want involved in this political and social problem, being partial in editing, therefore making people say things out of context. Content apart, the movie has beautiful images of basque shores and mountains and includes some images from other movies too. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is concerned with the basque problem and/or with Spain.