_Primary_ by Robert drew following John F. Kennedy for the '59 primary elections.
_The war roomm_ by D.A. Pennenbaker following Bill Clinton's entourage for the '92 presidential election.
_Jospin s'éclair_ by Matthieu Vadepied and François Ozon following Jospin for the '95 presidential election.
_Citoyen(s)_ by Yacine Laloui following Zaïr Kerdadouche for the '98 Paris regional election.
_Last Party 2000_ by Rebecca Chaiklin and Donovan Leitch following the parties for the 2000 presidential election.
_Journeys With George_ by Alexandra Pelosi following dubya for the 2000 presidential election.
_L'envers de l'image_ by Jean-Claude Labrecque following Bernard Landry on the 2003 provincial election.
(anyone know other examples?)
For the 2004 U.S. presidential election, every candidates should be followed by a film crue so people would be able to compair them when it's all done (this formula could catch-on and be a good tool to help democratic debates).
Should transparency be proportional to authority?
Having 100% altruist politicians with absolutely no privacy, a camera (or spiders) following them every second of every day.
Would it reduce shady deals or the deceptions would just escalate into super baroque lies like in the movie Minority Report or something? On one hand every person have a right to know exactly what they're doing with their power, but it might cause security problems.
― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 19 September 2003 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)
sir Norman Foster on the Reichstag:
"Where else in the world could anyone walk through this entrance along with the politicians?"
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder :
"I want this glass dome to become a symbol for the openness and transparency of our democratic politics," said as he addressed parliament for the first time in the new chamber.
Wahaha nice try, tell it to Helmut Kohl Wolfgang Schaeuble and who knows who else (really, who know who else?)
― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 20 September 2003 06:53 (twenty-two years ago)
"History as seen on tv":
june 8 1972, vietnamese escape bombs; at the center of the image= napalmed little girl cries her pain.
june 17 1994, O.J. Simpson tries to escape justice in a white truck.
jully 20 1969, NASA show live images of Neil Armstrong first man walking on the moon.
january 30 1972, brit army bash a catholic manifestation in ireland
august 3 1965, a us solider shock america by burning a house in vietnam with his zippo
june 5 1989, chinese army tanks are in Tiananmen place when a man stand in front of the first one and stop them all.
in 1960. UN cameras caught on tape politic anger of soviet leader Nikita Khrouchtchev and his shoe stunt
mars 3 1991, LA cops brutalize a guy and when it gets shown on tv everything breaks loose
mars 6 1975, first public diffusion of amateur film showing the assasination of Kennedy.
in may 1981 , on pope, Jean-Paul II victime of assasination attempt
in december 1989, romanian tv show live events that will precipitate the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu's regime.
Mexico, 1968. 2 200 meters champions raise black gloved fist while lowering heads as protest sign @ racial discrimination in the us
18 juillet 1976, Nadia Comaneci gets a perfect 10.
nov 9 1989, berlin wall goes down.
jan 28 1986, nasa show live explosion of Challenger.
1953, 200 milion geezers behind their tv see the crowning of Elisabeth II
nov 1985, tv of the world follow the agony of a young columbian girl jammed in the ruins of her house
sept 13 1993: Itzac Rabbin and Yasser Arafat shake hands
aug 19 1991, Boris Eltsine request pop resistance vs hardcore commies's coup
jan 18 1991, Irak is bombed bombard videogame style
1968, world is upset by images of hunger in Biafra, province of Nigeria
― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 20 September 2003 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)