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Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
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  • Summary: This documentary presents the latest in Chomsky's thinking, through a lengthy interview and a series of public talks that he gave in New York and California during the spring of 2002.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    At 73, Chomsky seems to understand everything about power and aggression -- except, that is, its centrality to human nature.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Anyone unfamiliar with Chomsky's work may be unsettled by his unblinking critique of the U.S. policy at a time when patriotism is the order of the day, and while he fails to offer any real solutions, his conscientious perspectives on the questions remain invaluable.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    20
    Dull and meandering documentary.

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