Punishment Park

Punishment Park (1971)

Directed by Peter Watkins (The War Game, Culloden et al.)

Perhaps there was a brief period when this film might have seemed paranoid or to have lost whatever relevance it had. Most of us have been politically asleep at some point in our lives. In 2005 this film is like a mirror held up to our fear and tormented self-justifications.

Punishment Park draws a sharp line between moral squalor masquerading as righteousness, and the generosity of righteous anger. Perhaps that is why it has not dated, perhaps that is why it is so draining, so exhausting, but so empowering - because it is fierce with compassion, and hence its anger burns clean.

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