I bought a book on Sunday after going to watch a set of animation shorts at the London Film Festival (the best out of the lot was without a doubt Lorenzo the cat, sheer genius stuff). We went into Fopp, the only place where it’s guaranteed that I will buy something the second I go in there. Anyway I bought The Corporation.

Farenheit 9/11 for people who think

Believe it or not the actual stupid line at the top of the book (usually by some complete unknown ranting and raving about how good the book is) usually turns me off). Except this time the line held some interest for me, and the design of the book was very good as well. I mean sure it’s pretentous Independent Bollocks, but at least I knew what it was aimed at really. Read the back and the movie has won a whole bunch of awards.

I can say that after reading it for 3 days, it’s a brilliant book. It opens your eyes to what’s going on this world. The nice thing about the book, much like Micheal Moore’s Stupid White Men, is the fact that they include an appendix with all their sources, that are constantly cross-referenced within the book. So if they’re making a claim, guess what? It’s properlly documented and referenced.

It’s a pretty short book. I will write more thorough notes about it once I’ve finished the book. The movie is released on the 29th in England, but check out the website which has got a lot of information.