Corporation as Psychopath (movie & book review)

[BlueEyedSon]

Published on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 by CommonDreams.org
Corporation as Psychopath
by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman

People ask -- Rob, Russell, the world is going to hell in a handbasket. What can we do about it?

We say -- read one book, see one movie.

Unfortunately, the movie and the book are available now only in Canada.

But wait -- before you head north of the border -- they will be available here in a month or so.

And believe us, it is worth the wait. (Full disclosure -- our work -- the Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the 1990s -- is featured in the movie.)

The book is titled: The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. It is by Joel Bakan (Free Press, 2004).

The movie is called: The Corporation. It is by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan.

We've seen an advance copy of the movie.

We're read an advance copy of the book.

And here's our review:

Scrap the civics curricula in your schools, if they exist.

Cancel your cable TV subscriptions.

Call your friends, your enemies and your family.

Get your hands on a copy of this movie and a copy of this book.

Read the book. Discuss it. Dissect it. Rip it apart.

Watch the movie. Show it to your children. Show it to your right-wing relatives. Show it to everyone. Organize a party around it. Then organize another.

More: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0218-01.htm

The Movie: http://www.thecorporation.tv

The Book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743247442/qid=107726839...

[Kanary]

1. Movie party time! Who has the popcorn?

This sounds GREAT -- thanks for posting!

It also sounds like a movie that it best viewed in a group, as Moveon did with it's war movie.

I think that's the best way to get around the "preaching to the choir" syndrome.

Love the title.... corporate psychopathology, indeed.

Kanary

[BlueEyedSon]

2. kick

[BlueEyedSon]

3. kick kick

[Lisa]

4. I saw it on the weekend -- way good!

Pretty surprised that it showed up in a mainstream mall theater. I may go back just to boost their weekend take (and encourage more of this).

Be prepared that there's enough in it for 2 films ... goes on longer than the standard feature, but they keep things moving at a fair clip. The bonus was that I recognized a college classmate's name in the credits (Gil Yaron -- researcher).