Poliwood Polidud
p2pnet news view Politics | Movies:- It’s “like calling the back of a cereal box a novel”.
That’s Boston Herald critic Mark A. Perigard on Barry Levinson’s documentry Poliwood, centering on the convergence of celebrity and politics.
He’s quoted in IMDb which says the film includes a look Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Daly, Anne Hathaway and the late Ron Silver.
Levinson, “attempts to show not only what happens when celebrities come together with politicians but also with ordinary folks,” says the story. But, “Most critics suggest that the result is confusing,” it says, going on »»»
The Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz comments that Levinson presents “a tonnage of vague pronouncements.” Ellen Gray in the Philadelphia Daily News remarks that “for all the eye-rolling that goes on as noncelebrities weigh in on what they believe is Hollywood’s undue influence, Poliwood doesn’t pack much of a punch.”
And in the New York Times, Alessandra Stanley says, “Poliwood feeds our prurient fascination with celebrities’ fascination with politics …”
Now you know. 
IMDb – Movie Stars Featured In Levinson Documentary, November 2, 2009
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