Ok, this thread is a Spike Jonze film that I have been semi-obsessed with for 20 years.
It is a 13-minute documentary about @algore that was shown at the 2000 Democratic National Convention but *not* aired on TV.
I think if it had been shown on TV, it would've changed History.
It is so deceptively simple, but it is the best film of its kind I have ever seen.
@algore won the popular vote but barely lost in the electoral college, and I think this film captures a side of Gore as a person that I never saw anywhere else in that campaign.
I sometimes think about this film and how the decision not to show it to more people was actually a decision that cost an almost incalculable number of human lives.
The ppl at the convention didn't need to see this. They were all Gore voters.
It needed to be broadcast on TV.
There is plenty of stiff awkwardness, lots of dad jokes, but also I think Jonze captures a lot of unguarded human moments that would've broken through to a number of undecided voters who felt they would rather "have a beer" with a recovering alcoholic than with @algore.
Ok, these last 2 parts are THE BEST.
@algore's process for selecting movies-- with @DAVID_LYNCH's The Straight Story in the "highly recommended" pile, and Gore visibly unenthused about The Klumps & Mel Gibson's The Patriot-- is something I never get tired of watching.
And this final, late night section of @algore talking about the purpose of government feels sincere and unforced. I buy it completely. Watching this, I ache for the reality in which the last 20 years could've been very different, and much better.
There is almost no information about this film on IMDb. Someone should remedy this. Spike Jonze isn't even credited. It deserves a higher star rating than this, and some trivia and reviews.
imdb.com/title/tt865242…
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