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  <review>
    <reviewbody>Yawn</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>display</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>zedd3gen</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2007-03-07 17:02:01</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2007-03-07 17:02:01</createdate>
    <stars>0</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>Well, that was silly.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Ineffective, boring...</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>agargara</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2007-03-09 01:21:03</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2007-03-09 01:21:03</createdate>
    <stars>1</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>It's almost a cool idea, but a tad bit boring. Chopping off heads is much more effective.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>The ice melted? OMG!</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>Telephone Toughguy</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2007-03-09 01:39:13</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2007-03-09 01:39:13</createdate>
    <stars>2</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>A movie documenting a temporary piece of political art. The word "Democracy", written in ice, is slowly melting down. The viewers hardly see this process, but it's documented in time lapse photography. Some months later this installation is once again made public, but in a movie in the Internet Archive. Another process is started - some of the viewers tell what they think in reviews.&#13;
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There's a large quantity of movies about the state of things on this site. I'm tired of rotating pictures of the president with flickering quotes in yellow. It's interesting to find movies where the message is deepened and told with subtle and reflected artistic means, like in this movie, that I found in the Staff Picks. - But I'd prefer to watch a mpeg2.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Much Depends On How You Say It</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>Eva Vikstrom</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2007-06-17 21:09:23</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2007-06-17 11:05:40</createdate>
    <stars>5</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>This makes "My Mother The Car" look like Citizen Kane. It's just so silly.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Silly</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>Robin_1990</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2008-04-26 03:04:06</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2008-04-26 03:04:06</createdate>
    <stars>1</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>Beautiful, awesome, sending it round to my folks. love u democracy...when it comes crashing down around our heads, who will we blame? the rich, the brown, those who are down? Corporate-speek and marketing and chicago school of economic obama furman praising walpmart's 'progressive values' - defining patriotism by our consumerism and support of the corporations...The Support of the Coporatation! What is good for the Oil Company's is Good for the Country, Prescott Bush, Grandaddy to W. and banker to the Nazi's in the 30's....Yeah, that's what this is about...Paz</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Most Amazing Thing I've Seen In My Life</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>mdebutante</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2008-08-08 20:11:07</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2008-08-08 20:10:16</createdate>
    <stars>5</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>This was especially cool when it started out.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Good Idea!</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>Visual16</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2008-09-01 04:00:33</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2008-09-01 04:00:33</createdate>
    <stars>5</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>A shallow one sided attempt at making a point. How about spelling trustworthy, honorable, etc. out of ice and add the voice of Pelosi or Clinton as well as Bush. Throw some Obama in there too! Anyone who still thinks one politician or party is more interested in Democracy or our best interests, than another has their head in the sand...or perhaps elsewhere.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>HEADS IN THE SAND</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>agentno99</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2009-07-03 07:33:38</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2009-07-03 07:33:38</createdate>
    <stars>1</stars>
  </review>
  <info>
    <num_reviews>8</num_reviews>
    <avg_rating>2.86</avg_rating>
  </info>
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