We need to join community groups, come together as people and really look at the issues that are important and that need to be addressed. … To reach the goal, what we really need to do is come together more. So I'm this one guy, what can I do? If we all think that, then yeah nothing can get done, but I think there's a problem in that. They want to give you this sense that it's hopeless. I think it's a very, very tough struggle. It's challenging to really get your message out there when you're up against such big corporations and companies that are sending a totally opposite message. When Mitt Romney openly opines that "corporations are people," and others share his pro-corporate ideology, how do you make this message resonate? I just felt it was really, really vital for me to get this film done and out. I thought was important for people, especially after I learned how much manipulation is going on in the media. There's no evidence that they were involved in terrorism against the United States and it's been proven that they never had weapons of mass destruction.
Don't get me wrong: I didn't like Saddam Hussein any better than anyone, but I still didn't think that Iraq was involved in 9/11. That was kind of the catalyst for me, seeing how the mainstream media and the Bush Administration were beating the drum to go to war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein. I think what really got me going on this whole subject matter was after 9/11. What inspired you to tackle such an ambitious subject on film, with so many interviews? Here, the filmmaker shares his thoughts on the challenges of getting his views out there against imposing odds. He offers an expanded definition of "subliminal" that doesn't always hold up.īut his film, which opens in New York today (with upcoming screenings in Hollywood and San Francisco and a DVD release planned), is an altogether eye-opening, comprehensive look at the sinister side of a corporately "programmed" nation, with interview subjects ranging from media expert Mark Crispin Miller to Queensryche singer Geoff Tate. Sure, some of Warrick's examples are obvious (product placement in movies) and others stretch credibility (backward masking in rock music). Filmmaker Jeff Warrick embarked on a seven-year investigation into the ways a wide swath of media and organizations-from ads to movies to the government-incorporate hidden messages to prey on our subconscious.
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