Janet CollinsFilm and the hippies... A love/hate affair.
November 29th 2006 07:36
World's largest Coalmine - Chuquicamata, Chile
Critical and profound - the message is clear: "Question EVERYTHING." Are we promoting ecology at a cost to the development of third world nations? This is one film capitalists will love and socialists will despise. For many, that will only add to the ecstasy.
Yes, it's provocative, it's tantalising, it's absolutely enthralling - and it doesn't miss a beat. But most of us have. "Mine Your Own Business" recieved funding from Gabriel Resources - a Canadian mining company. Now, in hindsight, the film loses much of its impact - suddenly, director Phelim McAleer seems compromised.
So keep your wits about you, because nothing is as it seems. It's use of "investigative journalism" is, to the dying minutes, dangerously unethical - like Michael Moore. But it does generate an appeal that his films could only dream of - it's fighting for the majority! But "beware a wolf in sheep's clothing". We've been conned! Approach this film just as warily as you would any marijuana-toting, government-hating socialists. No, it doesn't take long to realise you're only moving from one group of politically-motivated activists to another.
Nevertheless, keep an open mind. I believe Jennifer Marohasy - a respected socio-political blogger - puts it best: "Mine Your Own Business, But Don't Miss the Movie".
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Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
I'll have to give that movie a look. I'm especially interested as I have worked for a minerals/resource/mining company before.
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