Us Now
2009 · 60 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 73 VOTES · DIR. Ivo Gormley
Overview
Us Now is a documentary film project "about the power of mass collaboration, the government and the Internet" The New York Times describes it as a film which "paints a future in which every citizen is connected to the state as easily as to Facebook, choosing policies, questioning politicians, collaborating with neighbours." The documentary weaves together the perceptions of leading thinkers on the power of the web, with the overriding suggestion that people gain a sense of satisfaction from active participation rather than symbolic representation in decision-making processes. (Rebecca Frankel, editor of Channel 4's FourDocs)
Dialogue Timeline — 1,237 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 More people can say more things to more people
00:02:32 in the 20th century sense of the term.
00:04:42 apart from...they’ve all got babies.
00:07:14 call someone...
00:09:15 I’ve seen bad advice.
00:11:21 Especially if you’re stuck somewhere
00:13:42 And our approach to people is that generally they are competent.
00:16:01 and they often deny people opportunities
00:18:57 And all this expertise out there
00:21:28 What someone else put in, might benefit thousands and thousands of other people.
00:24:00 I’m not talking about...
00:26:02 Chriss Mcphee clears...
00:28:29 It hasn’t sunk in yet!
00:30:43 and what interest rate you want to set.
00:33:08 we push products out to them through traditional mass media.
00:35:21 95% get dumped after their first album.
00:37:47 I could be putting money in a bank
00:40:38 Hang on a minute, this could be quite interesting.
00:43:29 than Parliament deciding about
00:45:50 this business about making the hospital work better
00:48:31 The technology is becoming possible
00:50:42 new wing of the Conservative party
00:53:04 There is this possibility
00:55:43 they’re not in the category of “reasons not to do it”.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,237
Dialogue density20.6 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line00:55:43
Production Record
DirectorIvo Gormley
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes73