Standard Operating Procedure _ Errol Morris interview

[grady]

Originally Posted by chuck

holy crap.

on grady's mention - have just watched Taxi to the Dark Side.

i'm stunned. just stunned.

it's out there to torrent - grab it.

Is it true that Discovery Channel bought the US rights to this - and are now refusing to air it?

Version I watched was from BBC Storyville screening.

I wasn't aware of the situation with the discovery channel and after doing some cursory searching I found this on the film's wiki site:

In June 2007, the Discovery Channel bought the rights to broadcast Taxi to the Dark Side. However, in February 2008, they made public their intention never to broadcast the documentary due to its controversial nature. HBO then bought rights to the film and announced that it would be broadcast in September 2008, after which the Discovery Channel announced it would broadcast Taxi to the Dark Side in 2009. Many left-wing pundits and bloggers derided the decision, claiming that the Discovery Channel didn't want to risk Gibney criticizing the network at the Academy Awards should his movie win the Best Documentary Oscar, and also pointed out that the Discovery Channel's projected 2009 broadcast date would occur after President George W Bush left office.

[Strangelet]

full version of taxi to the dark side

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...LxgoDVBA&hl=en

[Deckard]

I'm slowly working my way through the various pieces and videos posted around here... just watched Taxi to the Dark Side. Thanks Grady (& Chuck) for the recommendation. And Strangelet for the link.

Anyone who hasn't watched it yet - I recommend it.

If only one of the major networks would screen this at prime time. If only....

(how left wing and propagandist of me )

[grady]

In addition to my primary job as an accountant, I work as projectionist at a local second run theater in Portland, Oregon.

location

The past five days we've been showing Taxi to the Darkside. Quite often most of the films we're showing you could go rent at the video store, but why pay for a DVD when you can see images projected onto a screen much larger than any home presentation and drink beer and wine whilst eating pizza(!)?

My whole point though is that Taxi has been selling out each evening, and despite only showing once an evening at one theater in the city and Portland is very left as far as politics go, but it's quite amusing and reassuring to stand in the back of the auditorium and hear hisses and scoffs as scenes unfold showing appalling images and dialog throughout the film.

(My intention of this post was to keep with the leftist propaganda joke put forth by Deckard coming from the left coast of the US)