Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
- Synopsis
- In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguistic scholar, radical philosopher and activist, Noam Chomsky. Using new and original interviews, archive footage, playful graphics and illustrations, the film highlights Chomsky’s analysis of the media, focusing on democratic societies where populations are not disciplined by force but are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Chomsky illustrates his beliefs with examples of media compliance with government deceit. Includes contributions from novelist Tom Wolfe, journalists Bill Moyers, Robert MacNeil and Karl E Meyer, commentator William F Buckley Jr, and White House reporter Sarah McClendon.
Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick encourage viewers to question the film’s own workings, just as Chomsky himself encourages listeners to extricate themselves from this ‘web of deceit’ by undertaking a course of ‘intellectual self-defence.'
DVD extras: Interview with the directors (2007); Interview with Noam Chomsky (2007); Chomsky v Buckley debate (1969; Chomsky v Silber debate (1986); Chomsky v Dershowitz debate (2005); Necessary Illusions demo tape (1989); Companion book to the film (266 pages - downloadable PDF); Illustrated booklet with Sight & Sound review and biographies of the filmmakers; Fully uncompressed PCM stereo audio - Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Year of production
- 1993
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4 on 17 May 1993.
Reviewed by Laurence Alster in ‘Times Educational Supplement (19/8/94). - Subjects
- Media studies; Politics & government
- Keywords
- Chomsky, Noam; journalism; media; news reporting; political issues
Credits
- Director
- Mark Achbar; Peter Wintonick
- Producer
- Mark Achbar; Peter Wintonick
- Contributor
- Noam Chomsky
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £19.56
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 167 + 215 minutes
- Year
- 2009
Production Company
- Name
National Film Board of Canada
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- (514) 283 9000
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- (514) 283-7564
- Address
- Sales and Customer Service (D-10)
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Canada
- Name
Necessary Illusions
- Phone
- +1 514 287 7337
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- +1 514 287 7620
- Address
- Montreal
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Canada
Sponsor
- Name
Téléfilm Canada
Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
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- 020 7957 8957
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- 020 7957 8968
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- 21 Stephen Street
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