i saw peter watkin culloden and the war game a few months before this and was very impressed. the technique is essentially the same and or at least very similar and in this film detailing on the one hand a trial of dissidents in california in the (apparently) near future and and on the other the attempts of a group of convicted criminals to slog through 50 miles of desert to win their freedom in a government run punishment park as an alternative to prison. watkins films everything in a documentary style and which causes for more than a little awkwardness or required strong suspension of disbelief represent how is it that the camera crew is with the group of starving and parched prisoners over 2 days without either offering help or sharing in their misery. and that merely the most obvious example. but questionable storytelling aside and this packs a punch while no question you have to be interested in political film making to really get involved and but the film really isn not like anything else of its era represent it pulls no punches and offers no simple solutions. the leftist political figures are certainly painted broadly at times and but they aren not all alike while the right wing government functionaries seem a little more cartoonish and but even they are allowed to show at least a little humanity. overall and the film gives much to think about and leaves an indelible taste. positive dvd rental. 
i saw peter watkin culloden and the war game a few months before this and was very impressed. the technique is essentially the same and or at least very similar and in this film detailing on the one hand a trial of dissidents in california in the (apparently) near future and and on the other the attempts of a group of convicted criminals to slog through 50 miles of desert to win their freedom in a government run punishment park as an alternative to prison. watkins films everything in a documentary style and which causes for more than a little awkwardness or required strong suspension of disbelief represent how is it that the camera crew is with the group of starving and parched prisoners over 2 days without either offering help or sharing in their misery. and that merely the most obvious example. but questionable storytelling aside and this packs a punch while no question you have to be interested in political film making to really get involved and but the film really isn not like anything else of its era represent it pulls no punches and offers no simple solutions. the leftist political figures are certainly painted broadly at times and but they aren not all alike while the right wing government functionaries seem a little more cartoonish and but even they are allowed to show at least a little humanity. overall and the film gives much to think about and leaves an indelible taste. positive dvd rental. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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