DVD Review: Screamers
Published March 15, 2008
The movie and the band aim their cameras and mics at governments the world over and ask what it is they are doing to stop such events and why do they let them happen to begin with. Many great points are made here, like the fact that without the Armenian genocide would there have been a Holocaust? If the Turks were stopped, would Hitler have been stopped as well, or would he have had the idea in the first place? These are the kinds of questions this film and System Of A Down want you to ask and to make an effort to do something about.
As Screamers shows too many times governments and presidents have said “never again” and still these things happen. Maybe, as the film points out, “never again” is location specific and not really about the act/crime itself. Maybe the world needs more images of fields of bodies and mountains of severed heads to make it clearer? Maybe this film needs to be watched by all. When speaking of his plan for the Jews, Hitler said, “who remembers the Armenians” and as System’s bass player Shavo Odadjian says, and I agree, “I Do,” and you should too. And not just the Armenians, but those the world over who have gone through events such as those brought into focus here.
The DVD also contains interesting special feature as we get to follow one fan on his journey backstage to meet Serj and Daron. It’s always enjoyable to see bands having fun, especially when they’re as down to earth as our heroes in System. There is a bonus performance of the song “Question” and more concert footage that did not make the films final cut as well. We also get more information on Serj and John’s search for where the villages of their parents and grandparents are located and their thoughts on one day going there themselves.
- DVD Review: Screamers
- Published: March 15, 2008
- Type: Review
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Music: Alternative Rock, Music: Hard Rock, Music: Live Concerts, Music: Metal, Music: Video, Politics: International, Review, Video: Music
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It would have been nice if Carla Garapedian would have found her way to Azerbaijan...
I guess it was not in her agenda...
It would have been nice if Carla Garapedian would have mentioned the Armenian Nazi's 812th battalion commanded by Dro during the Holocaust...
I guess it was not in her Agenda either...
Then what was Carla Garapedian's agenda again ???
Genocides...
Without the ones commited by Armenians...
Isn't that what we usually call, being "BIASED" ???
Then, what's the credibility of the result ???