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 Brian Springer,
USA, 1995,
57 min
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In a brief intro, Springer describes how
he used an ordinary satellite-tuner to record some 100
hours of TV satellite links, capturing the
studio-to-interviewee feeds in their entirety, rather
than just the familiar Q&A
routines we see everyday. What follows is an
extraordinary catalogue of pirated satellite feeds
revealing the
collusion between U.S. politics and the media, both
taken off-guard. These amazing TV out-takes (appropriated
during commercial breaks or just before the interviews
start) unravel the tightly spun fabric of television, a
system which silences public debates through a profound
manipulativeness in the way journalists and politicians
package the news. In Spin, you see a slippery side
of the normally affable Larry King as he brazenly coezies
up to 1992 Presidential candidates George Bush and Bill
Clinton. |
