
The documentary film Loose Change: Final cut, is a very effective piece of work. As the text mentions there is only a slight difference between interrogative and persuasive positions (285) and this particular film snugly fits both descriptions. Although I do not know if I fully believe everything the documentary puts forth, whether the information is factual or fiction, the director Dylan Avery makes a valid argument.
Loose Change uses many persuasive real-life interviews with seemingly credible people. I noticed that there was an interview with a New York Fireman, and some distraught survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I could not help but to wonder how much effort went into finding people to interview that fit the idea Avery was trying to convey. In addition, I wondered how many people were interviewed during the production of this documentary that were not shown or did not make the "final cut". In reality, the people interviewed sounded convincing and I would never downsize what they went through, because it was terrible, but they represent only the views and opinions of Avery and themselves.
I think many of the incidents that were put under the scope by the film were definitely a little fishy, but I do not think I am completely convinced that the Bush administration, although horrible, would collaborate in any conspiracy involving the loss of thousands of American lives. In defense of the documentary, the facts, people, real experiences, and actual events are all described from a first hand experience's and therefore are the presumed truth in their eyes. I personally can not explain the explosions that people heard hours after the planes actually hit, and I was not there, so I really have no position to argue with what they saw and heard.
Despite my personal opinions on the events of the 9//11 attacks, and my agreements and disagreements with what Avery is saying in his film, I must say he does a profound job of making a case. His interviews all are very persuasive and definitely successful in making the viewer reconsider what they already have heard and probably believe about 9/11. He does a near perfect job of compiling different media clips, interviews, and congressional testimonies that strengthen the credibility of his accusations. Even if I think many of his factual statements may have been presented out of context, and could be exaggerated documentary propaganda (275), I must admit Avery is a very convincing director.
Works Cited
Loose Change, 2006. Libertydiscs.com Accessed March 14, 2010. (photo)
Loose Change. Dir. Dylan Avery. Louder Than Words Films,2007. (film)
Timothy Corrigan and Patricia White"The Film Experience: An Introduction". Boston, Ma. Bedford/St. Martins Publishing. 2009 (text)
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