Movie Review – The Reflecting Pond
Whether you see yourself as a truth seeker, a patriotic American, an independent thinker or voter, or just someone with bad memories of 9/11, you should make an effort to watch The Reflecting Pool, a new independent movie. . This is not about 9/11. It is about the credibility of the official government story about 9/11. Although it is a drama, it is based on meticulously researched facts about 9/11 as revealed in the bonus material on the DVD.
The story is about the search for the truth and the disturbing implications of uncovering the truth of 9/11 which conflicts with what has become the folklore about the historical event.
The plot follows the efforts of freelance journalist Alex Prokop and Paul Cooper, an investigator and father of a 9/11 victim, to piece together bits of events into a picture that ultimately implicates the US government in the attacks. The horror of this revelation rivals the horror of the events of 9/11, especially when we realize that far more people, especially American soldiers, have died from 9/11 in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than in the rest of the world. 11 of September. However, closing our eyes to this truth makes us complicit in one of the most diabolical and despicable events in the world.
And that’s the dilemma viewers face after watching this disturbing docudrama: What if this fictional story accurately described how our government played a role in causing 9/11?
Writer/director Jarek Kupsc stars as Alex Prokop, who examines a mysterious 9/11 videotape that reveals new information about the attack. Joseph Culp appears as Paul Cooper, the man who sent the tape and whose daughter died on 9/11. Though skeptical of the conspiracy theories and fearful that it will jeopardize his career, Prokop agrees to take on the story with the encouragement of his magazine’s editor and former Gulf War correspondent, McGuire, played by Lisa Black.
The film follows Prokop and Cooper especially as they investigate one of the great mysteries of 9/11: the unexplained collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center Building 7, not hit by any aircraft. They discover the illegal destruction of physical evidence from Ground Zero and uncover information that the White House knew an attack was imminent. The team spends two weeks in New York and Washington DC, interviewing people and uncovering damning information never mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report. The FBI gets involved, the magazine’s corporate investors threaten to kill the whole story, and Prokop is targeted by a lawsuit and the media in an effort to discredit his story. Why?
Because the official version presented in the 9/11 Commission Report deliberately ignored or omitted vital evidence and testimony to protect people in the Bush administration. Prokop, haunted by the ghosts of his childhood in Russia and trying to defend the independence of American journalism, struggles to face this terrible truth. The film illustrates that, as is often the case, the truth does not set you free; tie your stomach and your conscience in knots. He will remind you of All the President’s Men and JFK, movies that also used drama to pursue political truths.
The DVD is available for just $15 at http://reflectingpoolfilm.com/ and you’ll want to lend it to friends and family or give it away, which is especially attractive with even lower prices for packs of five or ten DVDs. An extended trailer is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32b-e-xwuB8. Details about the movie and its actors are at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015468/
Video rental outlets like Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix, and Redbox should have this DVD available. Otherwise, it is further evidence that status quo thinking is subverting the truth of 9/11 to the detriment of American democracy. Public libraries should also stock this important educational film. Once you see it, you will also feel that it will reach a wide audience.
Warning: No matter what you know or think you know about 9/11, this movie will rack your brain, make you think, and maybe keep you up at night.