NYT review: Plenty of movies have tried to imagine the contours of state power, but “Citizenfour” stands alone in evoking the modern state as an unseen, ubiquitous presence, an abstraction with enormous coercive resources at its disposal. To some extent, Ms. Poitras and Mr. Greenwald are engaged in a theoretical inquiry, a kind of speculative mapping, of the shape and reach of this mysterious entity. That is not to say that the United States government’s data collection program is not real, but rather that its extent and implications are only beginning to be understood... What do we know about what is known about us? Who knows it? Can we trust them? These questions are terrifying, and so is “Citizenfour.” nytimes/2014/10/24/movies/citizenfour-a-documentary-about-edward-j-snowden.html?_r=0
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:48:55 +0000