Bilderberg's, JFK's killers, controlled demolition of the Twin Towers, all of these subjects are prophesized upon in Luke Meyer's and Andrew Neel's new documentary New World Order.
It seems the directing duo has a penchant for escapist subcultures, their previous film was Darkon, an interesting look into a group of people that have created a separate universe not unlike Dungeons and Dragons, but real. New World Order was fun and entertaining, and with the main subject of the film being local celebrity Alex Jones and his high powered crusade of peaceful revolution by free information, I was looking forward to its premiere.
New World Order wasn't disappointing, but the film really didn't seem to document anything that hasn't already been heard, touched on, or ranted about by other theorists. Granted there were some great shots of Jones speaking colorfully, and delivering fiery diatribes to an eager like minded audience, he really is charismatic as was exhibited during the question and answer session following the film.
Jones wasn't the only subject of the film, but by far the most outspoken. The cast of subjects Meyer's and Neel chose was very interesting to say the least. The group rivaled the Darkon clique in quirkiness, but their choice of content is a little trite. Jack McLamb, an isolated ex-cop revolutionary that lives in the Idaho hills, stood out as the most well versed and least torn of the characters presented. Stoic and reserved, but commanding and intelligent, McLamb's screen time was a welcome contrast to Jones's electrifying and sensationalistic presence.
Austin is saturated with "conspiracy theorists," and "9-11 truth" seekers so it was hard to be totally taken with the film due to a case of over-exposure to this marginalized subculture. The most fascinating part of New World Order is a look into the ironic cult like religious fraternity within this movement of an information war.
Jones commands his group of information soldiers with poise and succinctness, and they listen without debate, or so it seems. The unwavering belief these individuals have for their plight is commendable, but the thing that is most confusing about some of the movement's doctrine and action is the lack of an alternative or plan to the events that have already occurred and are occurring. Maybe an undoing will bring peace to these dedicated foot soldiers, in what seems like a war against an abstract foe.
Their camaraderie is thick, as is the total and absolute devotion to Jones as the outspoken leader of the movement. It was hard to tell if the filmmakers deliberately let the footage speak for itself or they edited the film to show this underlying point that is never spoken about in the film directly. When asked about the movement's parallels to religion Jones said "we're hand written for religion ... I believe we're like larvae," with respect to the human race in general.
Well worth watching and it's really not a downer, despite all the intense brooding over the coercion of our civil liberty's and national government. As Jones said about the film, "I've never seen em' allow something like that on television." Oh so true, maybe things are changing?
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