剧情介绍
"Dark money" contributions, made possible by the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, flood modern American elections – but Montana is showing Washington D.C. how to solve the problem of unlimited anonymous money in politics.
DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana--a front line in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide--to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impact of the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. Through this gripping story, DARK MONEY uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold. This Sundance award-winning documentary is directed/produced by Kimberly Reed (PRODIGAL SONS) and produced by Katy Chevigny (E-TEAM).
72/100
I don't think this is about right and wrong, but on a philosophical level. It all make sense logic wise, but I can see how it can be misused. I agree with SCOTUS that everyone and every corporation should have the right to donate however much they want, but I do think ransparency is needed. The ending, the little girl in a red MAGA shirt.
新闻媒体的义务之一，就是监督政府
过于平常的叙事和结构
观感不错，甚至能给到9分。事情讲得蛮完整直观，对4(c)的问题说得也比较明显。剩下的1分扣给差强人意的节奏感、给Bullock等人拉票的嫌疑和稍显刻意的配乐及某些细节。
很少见到这种与美国政治有关的纪录片。非常有意思的题材。比较令人震撼的是Citizens United v. FEC的判决结果和Wisconsin最高法院合力压下法官收受送金证据的一段。美中不足的是感觉逻辑有点乱，不如其他的纪录片有条理。不懂美国政治和政府体系运作的人理解会有困难。
从蒙大拿州切入讨论，政治竞选黑钱可能给民主带来的高风险，属于立场鲜明的纪录片。又涉及美国社会终极平衡命题：自由，民主，法制。
过于真实过于真实过于真实
We need to voice our anger.
美国政治文化教科书。完美。
这么生僻的片子，也有人来抹黑，真是有钱能使磨推鬼啊！片子里很多受访蒙大拿州的议员是共和党，出庭作证指认违法的证人是共和党，竞选腐败案的一切都是公开，可以验证的，居然可以无视事实？当然，民主党也不是什么好人，不过，就事论事，这片子里，这几件事，民主党人显然不是坏人。看美国人如此竞选，难免有点幸灾乐祸。5星是给蒙大拿州的选民，其他人都是次要的。right to work，这个漂亮的竞选宣传口号，就是个笑话，如果美国普及这个，那才好玩呐。
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