Loose Change

A few nights ago we all watched this conspiracy documentary on Nate's laptop. It was about the events leading up to and including the "terrorist attacks" of Sept. 11.

Before you jump to any conclusions...you need to see this video. It's presented in a way that makes you think and wonder for yourself. It's not like watching a Michael Moore movie.

Apparently the guys behind the doc had originally intended on making a fictional movie based on a supposed conspiracy related to 9-11, but as they got into researching their screenplay they found too many inconsistancies and instead opted to make this documentary instead. Below is an excerpt from the bio of Dylan Avery, the director of Loose Change:

In May 2002, after spending three months doing construction work on Vines (a restaurant financed by James Gandolfini), I had a half hour conversation with James Gandolfini at the opening party. To make a long, drawn out conversation short, James told me, "If you want to be a successful director, you have to have something to say to the world."

It was that month that I began writing "Loose Change," a fictional story about my friends and I discovering that September 11th was not a terrorist attack, but rather, an attack by their own government.

Upon researching for the movie, it became apparant that the subject matter may not have been entirely fiction. Over two years time, adding more and more information, the fictional movie evolved into what it is today; a documentary.

In May 2004, I moved down to Washington, DC, at the time when "Loose Change" was beginning to take shape. Bouncing from couch to couch, technically homeless, eventually landing a job and an apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland, the entire time I worked on the documentary with every spare moment and dollar to his name.

Anyway, the movie is interesting in the questions it raises and makes you wonder if somehow our government duped us into believing something entirely untrue. I've been reading a book and it's talked about how conspiracy theories are so appealing because they seem to make events easier to accept by making the characters and issues black and white, when in fact, reality is so much more nuanced and difficult to categorize in broad strokes such as right/ wrong, good/evil, etc. Applying this reasoning, it seems that what we've been told of 9-11 sounds more like a conspiracy theory than truth.

Again, I urge you...don't freak out...just go watch the first 30 minutes of Loose Change, 2nd edition...it'll blow your mind.

Comments

[Curtis]

Thanks for pointing this out. I've watched a bit and it is pretty compelling. There do seem to be a lot of inconsistencies and he talks about some of the ones I've already wondered about. I'm not sure what the whole truth is, but I don't think we've been told it.

[Jamie Poitra]

Dale,

I actually watched this movie about a year ago. I love conspiracy theories. I recently read an article in Popular Science where they addressed all of the major issues the movie brought up. I have to admit it shot holes through almost every important argument they made in the movie.

And I have a tendency to not have that much faith in our governments job to keep things like that secret. Someone truly reputable and in the know would have blown the whistle.

But it was an interesting movie none the less.

And congratulations on the nice article recently. Wish I had been able to find the time to come down and say hi when I was visiting my brother in school a few years ago.