When Consultants Attack: New Film on Carville and Greenberg in Bolivia

There's a new film on the festival circuit "Our Brand is Crisis". When I saw it I was a bit suprised I hadn't read it here first:

From Film Threat:
http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=7237

Unlike Carville's first silver screen go-around, in the superior cult classic documentary "The War Room," however, this is not a race for the White House, but for the presidency of that Latin American basket case of a country, Bolivia. In this race, former Bolivian President Sanchez de Lozada, known locally as "Goni," has hired GCS to help him regain his former position of power.

I was hoping someone in the NarcoSphere might have a chance to see it somewhere and post a review. It's hard to tell from reading reviews from the folks out in filmland but what I can glean from the descriptions the movie has the potential to be quite a revolting spectacle for those concerned with the future of authentic democracy in Bolivia.

It's clear that a film once it is embraced as this year's hot item can be a vehicle for popularizing radical ideas, Factory takeover in Argentina featured in The Take by Naomi Klein (recently played on Candadian Televisio!), or The Revoloution Will Not Be Televised both were successful at this.

Sight unseen, it seems "Our Brand is Crisis" has the potential to do the opposite, and popularize a truly distorted version of events in Bolivia.

Of course with a certain amount of editing one could make a whole new film: "Our Brand is Bullshit" perhaps?

And so: to the theatres!
La Traduccion mas o menos: Cuando Ataque De los Consultore(GCS)s: La película nueva de James Carville y Stanley Greenberg en Bolivia Allí es una película nueva en el circuito del festival " nuestra marca es crisis". Cuando vi que yo era un pedacito sorpresa me no la había leído aquí primero: De Film Threat: http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=7237
Desemejante del primer pelicula de James Carville, en el documentary clásico del culto superior "el cuarto de la guerra," esto no es una raza para la casa blanca, sino para la presidencia de Bolivia. En esta raza, presidente boliviano anterior Sanchez de Lozada, conocido localmente como "Goni," ha empleado GCS (James Carville y Stanley Greenberg) para ayudarle a recuperar la posicion de presidencia.

Esperaba que alguien en el NarcoSphere pudo tener una ocasión de verla y de fijar una revisión. Es duro decir de las revistas pero qué puedo espigar de las descripciones la película tiene el potencial de ser absolutamente un espectáculo repugnante para ésos personnes peleando por al futuro de la democracia auténtica en Bolivia. Está claro que una película él está abrazada una vez como el artículo caliente puede ser un vehículo para las ideas radicales, como la gente que toma de posesión de la fábricas en la Argentina ofrecida en La Toma de Naomi Klein, o El Revoloution no Será Ambos Televisados. Aviste no visto, se parece que "nuestra marca es crisis" tiene el potencial de hacer el contrario, y populariza una version de la verdad muy torcida. Por supuesto con un cantidad de corregir una podía hacer una película nueva entera: ¿"nuestra marca es mentires" quizás? Y tan: ¡a los teatros!

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