Glossary of Broken Dreams

A colorful film about politics and the problems of political thinking in the age of internet culture. It is insightful and very funny. Only problem I have is that it is a bit too fast. It is almost impossible to follow all the threads, references and jokes. I'm not an English native speaker, so maybe that's part of the problem, but, very well deserved 7 stars from me. Hope that there will German subtitles in the future....

Not a classic documentary. Very unsual combination of political comedy and high-level academic theory. Sounds strange, is strange, but I couldn't stop watching. "Monty Python" plus "The Big Short" plus "Muppets."

I, for one, welcome our new socialist overlords.

This is actually a really unique and thought provoking documentary, it's kind of like what you might get if you had the south park or monty python boys trying to explain social and political theory. It's very off kilter in its approach, but entertainingly so, and it probably tries to fit too much into its running time, but if you have the interest and the attention span, and an open enough mind willing to hear other opinions that may or may not match your own views, this is well worth a watch.

Shameless plug for the Glossary of Broken Dreams, which I saw last night. Deleuze, Latour, Marx, Foucault and loads more but my favorite was the scene where the American President explains the Global Economy and Labour Economics with green slime.

'Glossary of Broken Dreams' is a colorful and imaginative film about the problems of the 21st century, but addressing them through the lens of old ideas (aka ideologies). An alternative tag line could be: "We can only shape the future if we understand the past."

The film openly promotes the idea of New Commons. This relates to network-based cooperation and localized bottom-up initiatives that often work outside of dominant markets and traditional state programs. Another world can be born out of the understanding and fostering of these notions.

The reality of a globalized world where migration, climate change, technology, capital have long surpassed any national borders is already here. We need to start getting realistic about this and seriously explore new answers. This film gives an in-depths analysis of the status quo and possible blueprint for solutions. Plus puppets. Win win.