Spin Zone
Once-of-this-parish Eric Pfeiffer reviews Outfoxed, here. (Hat tip: Bill.) I’ll probably get around to watching Outfoxed eventually, although it sounds pretty dire. However, it made me think wistfully of my favorite documentary ever: Spin, which it turns out is available for download here.
Made by Michael Moore acolyte Brian Springer (see, I’m giving Moore credit for something!) Spin takes a look at the manufacture of news throughout the 1992 election cycle. By monitoring cable news feeds, Springer creates a wonderful montage of found moments – commercial breaks, make-up sessions, Larry King’s surpassing deviousness, Pat Robertson being a gigantic asshole – and ends up, in the climactic Tipper Gore interview, with a twist ending that is absolutely golden. And no, he’s not the guy who did The Usual Suspects.
