The Million Dollar Deal
Commonly regarded as the finest documentary portrait of the World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas. This examination of the psychology of the professional poker player features appearances from legends of the game like Amarillo Slim and Thuan "Scotty" Nguyen and some of Europe's top professionals including Andrew Black, Donnacha O'Dea and David "Devilfish" Ulliot. Also features an interview with actor Matt Damon. Voiceover by John Hurt.
The Trillion Dollar Revolutionary
This month Venezuela votes on constitutional amendments which could make Hugo Chavez dictator for life. Are objections to his rule because of his power and Marxist ideology or true despair for the death of democracy? Is what he?s doing a greater good or formula for disaster? Independent reports suggest that transparency is dying and corruption rampant in this oil-rich but poverty-ridden country. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela calls the United States 'Dracula' and George W ...
The Day of the Dollar (Roel van Broekhoven, Backlight 2005)
Do we live on a bubble? Is it possible for the heavily indebted American economy to collapse and take all of us down in a free fall with it? Have the days of the dollar been counted? Is it really unimaginable that we will see the time of the Great Depression repeating itself? VPRO Backlight and Dutch national newspaper NRC Handelsblad present this 'what if' scenario. What if the dollar collapses? Fiction meets facts in ...