Manufacturing consent

"The United States wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The Department of State desired that the United Nations prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success." (A Dangerous Place, Little Brown, 1980, p. 247) .

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko tells the story of a mentally troubled teenager who is inspired to commit acts of vandalism by an anthropomorphic rabbit. He falls in love with a girl, and when she dies tragically he ends up travelling back in time (to the beginning of the movie) and sacrificing his own life to
save hers.

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect, or the law of unintended consequences.

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove is a satire of the cold war in general and Mutually Assured Destruction in particular. One crazy American general almost destroys life on earth.

Memento

Memento's outstanding feature is it's unique narrative technique alternating between sequences in color and black and white. The color sequences are in reverse chronological order, while the
black and white sequences are in chronological order.