Stupidity (2004)
- Directed by
- Albert Nerenberg
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 01m
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary looks at how willful ignorance can be a tool for success in politics and entertainment. It asks why stupidity is hard to define and why people avoid talking about it.
satiricalthought-provokingplayfulcynicalfast-pacedquestioningironiccriticalengaging
What happens
Stupidity is a 2003 Canadian satirical documentary film directed by Albert Nerenberg and produced by Shannon Brown, as the first film commissioned by the Documentary Channel. Nerenberg was also the film's executive producer. The film proposes that willful ignorance (as opposed to what is commonly meant by stupidity, low mental capacity) has increasingly become a strategy for success in the realms of politics and entertainment, that is, the "stupid" things that seemingly smart people do every day. The film questions "why stupidity is such a slippery concept to grasp and why so few people are talking about it." The film features songs by The Arrogant Worms and original music by The Morons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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