Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

Directed by

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Genre

documentary film, independent film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is an essay film about political ideas. It tries to explain and examine concepts like freedom, privacy, and identity. The director says he made it because he was frustrated with bad political arguments on the internet.

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What happens

Glossary of Broken Dreams is a 2018 Austrian/American documentary film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The essayistic feature film tries to present an overview of political concepts such as freedom, privacy, identity, resistance, etc. Grenzfurthner calls his project an "ideotaining cinematic revue" about political ideas he considers important. Grenzfurthner cites frustration about the current level of political debate as a primary influence for making the film. He couldn't tolerate "ignorant and topically abusive comments on the 'Internet' anymore." So he teamed up with writer and activist Ishan Raval to "explain, re-evaluate, and sometimes sacrifice political golden calves of discourse." The film features performances by Amber Benson, Max Grodenchik, Jason Scott Sadofsky and others. The film was produced by art group monochrom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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