About the movie
Zeitgeist is a film written, produced, directed, and editted by Peter Joseph. The film challenges some established institutions with a mixture of fact, fiction, and insinuation.
The parts of the film are broken down and analyzed into the following sections:
Web Skeptic links
- Zeitgeist - Introduction starts the movie by saying every institution is lying to us, especially religious ones.
- Zeitgeist - Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told (Re: Story of Jesus) is a reinterpretation of the story of Jesus. It is a directly attacks the Christian beliefs calling it a fraud.
- Zeitgeist - Part II: All the World's a Stage (Re: 9/11) reiterates and advocates for the conspiracy theories that the events of 9/11 were orchestrated by the government.
- Zeitgeist - Part III: Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain - is more New World Order thinking
- Re: Federal Reserve reiterates many of the FRS conspiracy theories
- Re: Income Tax brings up many of the oft-disproved theories of Tax Law deniers
- Re: War discusses how all wars are orchestrated by powerful men behind the scenes
- Zeitgeist - Conclusion
The overarching thesis of Zeitgeist is the ultra-paranoid belief that every institution is lying to you and is out to get you. This includes the government, the church, lots of secret societies, the media, the rich, and even universities. Needless to say, such a belief system tends to embrace most conspiracy theories as 'proof' of those beliefs.
There is no inclusion of contrary evidence or opinions. It is a completion immersion into the filmmakers point-of-view with no regard for any true scholarly exploration.
External Links
- Wikipedia: Zeitgeist the Movie
- Zeitgeist the Movie: Sources
- Zeitgeist the Movie: Clarifications Removed from site but can be found on the Web Wayback machine