The Power of Nightmares (2004)
The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gilles Kepel
Himself
Melvin Goodman
Himself
Stephen Holmes
Himself
William Kristol
Self
William Kristol
Himself
Michael Ledeen
Himself
Richard Perle
Himself
Azzam Tamimi
Himself
Fouad Allam
Himself
Abdullah Anas
Himself
Milton Bearden
Himself
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party
Vincent Cannistraro
Himself
Joe Conason
Self - Author 'The Hunting of the President'
Anne Cahn
Herself
Ali Haroun
Himself
Robert Bork
Self - Senior Member Federalist Society
Richard Pipes
Himself
Stanley Rosen
Himself
Jack Wheeler
Himself
Leo Strauss
Himself
John Kerry
Himself (archive footage)
John Ashcroft
Himself
Paula Jones
Herself
Vladimir Pozner jr.
Himself
Adam Curtis
Narrator / Creator / Writer / Director
Stephen Lambert
Executive Producer
Peter Horrocks
Executive Producer
Lucy Kelsall
Producer
Emanuele Pasquale
Producer
Nial Podson
Music
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear is a BBC television documentary series by Adam Curtis. It mainly consists of archive footage, with Curtis narrating. The series was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2004. It has subsequently been aired in multiple countries and shown at various film festivals, including the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
The film compares the rise of the neoconservative movement in the United States and the radical Islamist movement, drawing comparisons between their origins, and remarking on similarities between the two groups. More controversially, it argues that radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organisation, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is a myth, or noble lie, perpetrated by leaders of many countries—and particularly neoconservatives in the U.S.—in a renewed attempt to unite and inspire their people after the ultimate failure of utopian ideas.
The Power of Nightmares was praised by film critics in Britain and the United States. Its message and content have also been the subject of various critiques and criticisms from conservatives and progressives.