{"id":1021,"date":"2012-02-16T12:12:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T11:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2016-03-09T05:02:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T04:02:09","slug":"punishment-park-faux-doc-real-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2012\/02\/punishment-park-faux-doc-real-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Watkins&#8217;s Punishment Park: Faux doc, real protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1022\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/review_radio_PUNISHMENT_PARK.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1021]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/review_radio_PUNISHMENT_PARK-594x456.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Punishment Park\" width=\"594\" height=\"456\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/review_radio_PUNISHMENT_PARK-594x456.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/review_radio_PUNISHMENT_PARK-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/review_radio_PUNISHMENT_PARK.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Punishment Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ia600804.us.archive.org\/33\/items\/ImReadyForMyClose-upelectricSheep-PeterWatkinssPunishmentPark\/Irfmcu-Jan20th2012.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a> Virginie S&#233;lavy talks to William Fowler, archive curator at the BFI National Archive, about Peter Watkins&#8217;s uncompromising pseudo-documentary <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/01\/20\/punishment-park\/\"><I>Punishment Park<\/I><\/A> (1971) in relation to the rest of his work, in particular <b><I>The War Game<\/I><\/b> (1965), the influence of the 1969 Chicago Seven trial and the 1970 Kent State Shootings on the film, the improvisatory techniques used and the critique of the media&#8217;s pretension to present &#8216;objective truth&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><i>Peter Watkins\u2019 <strong><i>The War Game<\/i><\/strong> will be released in a beautiful new dual format (Blu-ray and DVD) double feature edition along with <i>Culloden<\/i> (1964) on 28 March 2016 by the <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bfi.org.uk\/culloden-the-war-game-dual-format.html#.Vt-fsJyLTIU\" target=\"_blank\">BFI<\/a>. <strong><I>Punishment Park<\/I><\/strong> is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Eureka Entertainment.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">First broadcast on Resonance FM 104.4 on Friday 20 January 2012.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/embed\/ImReadyForMyClose-upelectricSheep-PeterWatkinssPunishmentPark\" width=\"620\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Fowler, archive curator at the BFI National Archive, talks about Peter Watkins&#8217;s uncompromising pseudo-documentary <I>Punishment Park<\/I> 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