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| {{Infobox film | |||
| | name = Zeitgeist: Addendum | |||
| | image = Zeitgeist-addendum-poster.jpg | |||
| | director = ] | |||
| | producer = Peter Joseph | |||
| | music = Peter Joseph | |||
| | editing = Peter Joseph | |||
| | distributor = GMP LLC | |||
| | released = {{Film date|2008|10}} | |||
| | runtime = 123 min | |||
| | country = United States | |||
| | language = English | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''Zeitgeist: Addendum''''' is a 2008 ] produced and directed by ], and a sequel to the 2007 film '']''. | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
| The film begins and ends with excerpts from a speech by ]. The remainder of the film is narrated by Peter Joseph and divided into four parts,<ref> at the Sarasota – Manatee Hebraic Roots Forum, accessed January 31, 2011</ref> each prefaced by an on-screen quotation from a notable scholar: Krishnamurti, ], ], and ], respectively. | |||
| ===Part I=== | |||
| Part One discusses the monetary system in the ] through the ] system as illustrated in the book, "Modern Money Mechanics". Part One discusses the mechanism of ] as an exchange between the government and the central bank (] in the U.S.). | |||
| ===Part II=== | |||
| Part Two shares an interview with ], author of '']'', who said he was involved in the subjugation of ] economies by multinational corporations, including the United States government's involvement in the overthrow and installation of various Latin American heads-of-state. | |||
| ===Part III=== | |||
| Part Three introduces ] and ], and it asserts a need to move away from current socioeconomic paradigms. | |||
| Fresco states that capitalism perpetuates the conditions it claims to address, as problems are only solved if there is money to be made, and if more money can be made by propagating the problem rather than solving it, the problem will be propagated. | |||
| ===Part IV=== | |||
| The final statement of the film is to boycott the most powerful banks in the Federal Reserve System, the major news networks (CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox, etc.), the military, energy corporations, all political systems; and to join, support, and proliferate ]. | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ===Award=== | |||
| ''Zeitgeist: Addendum'' won the 2008 ]'s award for ''best feature'' ("Artivist Spirit" category).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Artivist Awards|url=http://artivist.com/the-artivist-awards-3/|publisher=Artivist Film Festival|accessdate=2014-01-18|year=2008|quote=Best Feature – Artivist Spirit: “Zeitgeist: Addendum“ directed by Peter Joseph}}</ref> | |||
| ===Audience response=== | |||
| The official video posting on ] surpassed 5,000,000 views by late 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zeitgeist: Addendum|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewGMBOB4Gg|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2014-01-19|author=TZMOfficialChannel}}</ref> | |||
| ===Critical response=== | |||
| Alan Feuer of '']'' summarized the film as "a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization"…likening it to the works of ], ], and ]. He quoted director Joseph's summary as simply "the application of the scientific method for social change." Feuer also noted that while the previous film was famous for its alleging that the attacks of September 11 were an inside job, the second installment "was all but empty of such conspiratorial notions, directing its rhetoric and high production values toward posing a replacement for the evils of the banking system and a perilous economy of scarcity and debt."<ref name="Alan Feuer">{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html | title=They’ve Seen the Future and Dislike the Present | accessdate=March 7, 2011 | author=Alan Feuer | date=March 16, 2009 | publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| Film critic Bill Stamets for the '']'' characterized Joseph's source materials as "disparate," writing: "At times, Peter Joesph skirts with esoterica. Never as kooky as 'visionaries' ] and ], he nonetheless partakes in science worship, sci-fi mind-slavery metaphors, and a global banking obsessions ."<ref name="Bill Stamets">{{cite news | url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/3245249-421/hogancamp-marwencol-zeitgeist-dolls-films.html?print=true | title=Art-house films: ‘Marwencol,’ ‘Zeitgeist’ | accessdate=March 7, 2011 | author=Bill Stamets | date=February 15, 2011 | publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| *{{IMDb title|id=1332128|title=Zeitgeist: Addendum}} | |||
| *{{Rotten Tomatoes|zeitgeist-addendum}} | |||
| {{Peter Joseph}} | |||
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