Sound and Fury

Starring:Scott Davidson
Director: Josh Aronson
Studio: New Video Group
Product Type: DVD

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You might expect that the cochlear implant, a device that can give deaf people the gift of hearing, would be embraced by the deaf community. Josh Aronson's Sound and Fury, a compelling and often devastating documentary, tells a different story. Two brothers, one deaf and one hearing, grapple with a decision concerning their deaf children, and the debate that rages through the extended family turns less on technology and medical concerns than social politics and culture. The deaf parents of a school-age girl fear what the implant would do to her unique identity, while the hearing parents of a toddler see no question at all. Aronson gives all sides their say, but ultimately the increasingly angry arguments reveal prejudices and fears from both sides and split the once-harmonious family, much like they have split hearing and deaf communities across the country. --Sean Axmaker
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If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated SOUND AND FURY follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a techn

Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World
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The bitter truth about an artificial sweetener

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Eye Opening Truth on Aspartame/Nutrasweet

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This documentary is a close examination into what some consider to be a "hoax": aspartame toxicity. This documentary attempts to look at what is definitively known about aspartame and discovers that the label "hoax" in this case is a dangerous misconception. This controversial documentary is sure to open eyes to the possible dangers of what lurks in our food.

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Brilliant.......2007-05-07

A comprehensive and thoroughly damning expose of FDA complicity in marketing a known toxic substance to an unsuspecting public.

An engaging video.......2007-04-20

It's a very interesting video which explained the facts behind aspartamine in an easy to understand manner.

I was a little disappointed it didn't go into the chemical composition very much... as that's central to understanding the problem... but if you know the hazards of methanol you will appreciate the toxic effects of this substance.

A few illustrations of methanol poisoning from news reports wouldn't have gone astray... as most people aren't familiar with it's effects.

It took me two goes before it all really clicked (it's almost beyond belief in places).

Despite this the message is clear... the message is compelling... and shocking.

It puts a new light on the political machinations that are driving organisations like the FDA. It also puts a new light on a few politicians which you might have thought of as relatively spotless. Ouch!!!

If you've got friends who use artificial sweetners... get them to start using something safer. This video should do the trick.

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The bitter truth about an artificial sweetener.......2007-03-29

Just over a year ago, I became a statistic when I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. After moving past that initial shock, it occurred to me that I could still enjoy many items because of the convenience of the `artificial sweetener' Aspartame. I took it on faith that it was tested and deemed safe by the FDA so I frequently used products that contained it. After watching Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World and realizing that I'm naïve, I should have done my homework and found out just what it was that I'd been ingesting. Needless to say, I will never again eat or drink anything containing Aspartame.

What is Aspartame exactly? Apart from it being called an artificial sweetener I mean? Well, in a word, it's poison. That may sound a little extreme but when you analyze the known information, there really is no other way to categorize it. Let's take a look.

Aspartame is broken down into 3 parts which consist of Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, and Methyl Ester. When swallowed, Methyl Ester immediately turns into Methyl Alcohol (a.k.a. Methanol, a.k.a. Wood Alcohol). This substance is very poisonous to the human body. Aspartame has been linked to 92 different medical symptoms, some of which are also associated with Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Lupus, and Fibromyalgia. A predominant number of these symptoms are neurological problems. After discontinuing use of Aspartame laden products, individuals 'detoxifying' themselves have felt their adverse reactions decrease and show a marked improvement in health. This is strong circumstantial evidence lending credence to the fact that Aspartame is poisonous to the body. Common sense states that not everyone will have the same acute reactions to Aspartame toxicity. Information in the documentary shows that those who consumed large quantities of products containing Aspartame were showing severe symptoms sooner rather than later. Others who use these products less frequently are probably setting themselves up for health problems in their future.

In the late 1970's, the maker of Aspartame, G.D. Searle, attempted to get it approved for public consumption. Initial tests were not favorable due to health hazards created by the substance (when tested on lab animals, brain tumors didn't prove to be very popular). This didn't fit the agenda for G.D. Searle so they decided to put the ethics aside. Upon later investigation, just some of the following information was discovered: improper lab testing, fabricated test results, destruction of medical evidence showing toxicity, tampering with medical records and scientific data, and critical study documentation purposefully withheld from the FDA.

In 1980, a public board of inquiry voted unanimously to reject the use of Aspartame for public use until more tests were conducted. Once again, this was unacceptable to the G.D. Searle Company. By way of unethical political maneuvering and a total lack of professional behavior, the FDA, the government, and G.D. Searle completely disregarded public safety and got Aspartame approved for public consumption. And this was after 3 senior scientists from the FDA pleaded with the `powers that be' not to release this product. Unbelievable but true. This entire ordeal is explained in detail in Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World and it's downright appalling. In 1983, now being approved, Aspartame was finally unleashed on the unsuspecting public for the first time. Only 6 months after Aspartame hit the streets, so to speak, the following health statistics were noticed: brain tumors were up by 10%, Diabetes was up by 30%, and brain lymphoma (a very aggressive type of brain tumor) was up by 60%. To add insult to injury, in 1988, of all the food additive complaints reported to the FDA, 80% of these concerned Aspartame.

To get an idea of how prevalent Aspartame is, it can be found in these following products (just to name a few):

Soft drinks, vitamin & herb supplements, yogurt, instant breakfasts, candy, breath mints, cereals, sugar-free chewing gum, cocoa mixes, coffee beverages, instant breakfasts, gelatin desserts, frozen desserts, juice beverages, laxatives, milk drinks, shake mixes, tabletop sweeteners (NutraSweet & Equal), tea beverages, instant teas and coffees, topping mixes, wine coolers.

Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World is a very straightforward documentary and while the material presented is highly informative and absolutely necessary, it is also distressing and unpleasant. I commend the producers of this work for their courage to stand up and expose the shocking behavior of big business and government and their utter disregard for the greater good...the public at large. For everyone concerned about their health and knowing that knowledge is power, I seriously recommend this documentary to all of you.

check out what you eat.......2007-02-18

There are a lot of things that we eat that are killing us, BEWARE

Eye Opening Truth on Aspartame/Nutrasweet.......2006-06-25

This is a must see movie especially if you or someone you love are nutrasweet drinkers. I was, and I'm not now. I was appauled at how this dangerous substance was approved by the FDA in spite of the mounting evidence it caused brain tumors and other neurological problems. If you think everything approved by the FDA is safe, you need to see this movie... politics and big business are very powerful... education is power... empower yourself to take control of your health.

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an important documentary...
A breath-taking look
Riveting and disturbing
Heart-wrenching
A must see!

Sound and Fury
Starring: Scott Davidson
Director: Josh Aronson
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Children of a Lesser God
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You might expect that the cochlear implant, a device that can give deaf people the gift of hearing, would be embraced by the deaf community. Josh Aronson's Sound and Fury, a compelling and often devastating documentary, tells a different story. Two brothers, one deaf and one hearing, grapple with a decision concerning their deaf children, and the debate that rages through the extended family turns less on technology and medical concerns than social politics and culture. The deaf parents of a school-age girl fear what the implant would do to her unique identity, while the hearing parents of a toddler see no question at all. Aronson gives all sides their say, but ultimately the increasingly angry arguments reveal prejudices and fears from both sides and split the once-harmonious family, much like they have split hearing and deaf communities across the country. --Sean Axmaker

Description

If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated SOUND AND FURY follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a techn

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an important documentary..........2007-06-10

SOUND AND FURY, directed by Josh Aronson, takes a good look at the deaf culture and the cochlear implant, a device that poses a great challenge and [even] a threat to their interconnectedness, as a community. The implant, if implanted in a deaf child, has the power to bring them hearing. Potentially, if an implant recipient receives it early enough, they can even grow up to speak and interact with the hearing world in a coherent and connected manner. Though, this sounds like a great miracle that all parents would potentially want for their children (especially deaf parents), this is not that case at all.

The film follows the Artinian family. The two Artinian brothers live very different lives. While Peter was born deaf, went on to marry a deaf woman and has a deaf five year old daughter, his brother can hear, married a woman whose parents are deaf, but she is also hearing. Together, they have twin boys. One can hear, but the other was born deaf. When the option of the cochlear implant is presented, the brothers react very differently, as do sets of grandparents. In the Artinian family's community in Long Island, New York, the cochlear implant is a very controversial medical phenomenon. For starters, the question of deaf people's perceived inferiority in the eyes of of hearing people is a huge issue. The cochlear implant poses even greater leverage in the favor of the hearing world's sustained stereotype--that is the feeling that Peter and many of his friends in the deaf community share. Whereas, Mrs. Artinian, Peter's mother, believes that denying a deaf child the opportunity to hear is wrong and not giving their flesh and blood the best opportunity to integrate into the hearing world, to have better opportunities. These opportunities would otherwise be denied.

The title of this documentary, alone, really made me anticipate a very fiery debate on the cochlear implant issue, and I was right. The separation between the hearing world and the deaf world is a great and difficult one. I am so glad that this film was made because it was sensitively done, and it also teaches the viewer a great deal about the intricacies of moving between the world of the hearing and the world of the deaf. It really is a huge cultural difference--bigger than you would imagine. Well worth the acclaim!

A breath-taking look.......2007-05-13

This film takes on the question of deafness: if you could make your deaf child hear, would you? It looks at two related families, one hearing and the other deaf, and chronicles their responses to this question. There are no heroes and no villians in this film, and certainly no easy answers. The stories are told without bias or agenda.

I saw this film while struggling with the decisions of my mild high-functioning autistic daughter's education. The discussion of Deaf Culture resonated for me because my daughter looked profoundly handicapped and incapable when integrated into a class of Normal/Typical (NT)children. Now she is in a school specifically for autistic children and she is flourishing. Autism was not her handicap, my blind desire to integrate her into an NT world was.

Her school, Aalborg Skolen in Aalborg, Denmark, also works with deaf children. I bought this video as a gift for the director of the school because the questions raised in it are universal.

This film is gripping, thought-provoking, and uplifting. It is a must for anyone who ever wondered "where do I belong in this world". I highly, highly recommend it.

Riveting and disturbing.......2007-04-24

Hearing the -- and I cannot think of a more appropriate word for it -- bigoted assertions of the deaf-community individuals regarding cochlear implants for their children, I was consistently reminded of instances we've seen wherein some parent would assert, "I only had a high school education, and that has been good enough for me. No kid of mine needs to go to college." I wish the deaf community well, and their thinking requires a tremendous deal of exercise.

Heart-wrenching.......2007-03-09

If you want to learn more about the Deaf community, this is a great film to start with.

A must see!.......2007-01-16

This is an amazing and important film! You will become enlightened about a culture that you may have no previous knowledge of. I highly recommend this film...and it's sequel!

Biography - Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury (A&E DVD Archives)

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Beethoven Rules!!

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Good teaching aid.......2007-01-09

This (along with a few other DVDs) was purchased to help some youngsters (seven and nine year olds) understand a bit about the music they are learning to play.

It succeeds admirably. The treatment is brisk and, of necessity, superficial; but that's fine for the age group or for those new to Beethoven.

Beethoven Rules!!.......2003-01-04

The A&E Biography of the life and times of the famous musician and composer Beethove rules!!It's a must see video!!

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Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts to an Adulterated Food Supply
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While aspartame was the single focus in Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, Sweet Remedy demonstrates that a corrupt flagship regulatory agency has given birth to numerous toxins in our food supply. This is no accident. A close examination of the U.S. Corporate power stucture demonstates that neurotoxic foods resulting in a dumber populace is simply a matter of policy. In the United States and through each nation within its global corporate grasp, maintaining a healthy mind and body is an act of civil disobediance.Ultimately, healing has become the path of resistance for informed individuals improving their health. We interview a host of MD's and Natural Health practioners to gain the clearest possible perspective for a path to recovery. Perhaps the sweetest remedy this film offers is the hope provided by witnessing a variety of groups as they withstand the confusion, casualties and obstacles involved with taking control of their food and their health. Includes Dr. Russell Blaylock, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Jim Turner, ESQ, Dr. Michael Ruff, Dr. Candace Pert, Noam Chomsky, Sheldon Rampart, Jeffrey Smith, Jack Samuels, Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Mary Nash Stoddard, Spice Williams-Crosby, Bob Wall, Larry Hagman, David Getoff, Howard Glasser, Sally Fallon, Robert Scott Bell, Arthur Evangelista, Betty Martini, and many more.

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Sound, Verses, Fury - A Documentary Film
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Sound, Verses, Fury is 90 minutes of insights and anecdotes from some of the music industries most proficient and most prolific; singers, songwriters, agents, managers, publishers, and producers share their favorite stories in this series of intimate, sit-down interviews brought to you by legendary, 6-time Grammy award winning music publisher Jay Warner.

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an important documentary...
A breath-taking look
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A must see!

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an important documentary..........2007-06-10

A breath-taking look.......2007-05-13

Riveting and disturbing.......2007-04-24

Heart-wrenching.......2007-03-09

If you want to learn more about the Deaf community, this is a great film to start with.

A must see!.......2007-01-16

This is an amazing and important film! You will become enlightened about a culture that you may have no previous knowledge of. I highly recommend this film...and it's sequel!

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Yet Another Movie?
Delicate Sound of Thunder is still the best ever
How about Nick Mason & Richard Wright?
Pink Floyd's finest concert video

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need a dvd.......2007-06-02

I dont have a vhs so I dont know what I'm missing but the cd Delicate Sounds of Thunder is my all time favorite. I can listen to it over and over. I dont understand why this particular concert has not been released on DVD. Release it already!

Yet Another Movie?.......2007-04-10

I have the DSOT CD, and really would like the DVD now, but every track listing I see for the DVD omitts "Yet Another Movie." Why would it be on the CD and not on the DVD? Please let me know if I'm misinformed.. as this is the only detail preventing me from purchasing.

Delicate Sound of Thunder is still the best ever.......2007-01-12

I have to agree with J Hunter that this is the best Floyd video ever. The beautifully crafted cinematography, effortlessly flowing from scene to scene... looks like Spielberg and Lucas with an unlimited budget. And the music? Time... Comfortably Numb... enough said. Pulse, on the other hand, looks like it was shot on a cheap camcorder, by someone who snuck into the concert. Don't get me wrong... the music is wonderful... High Hopes (from Pulse) is one of my top 5 all-time favorites. But the photography... the lighting is garish... reminds me of the earliest videos where they just strobed the bands with nightmarishly bright colors. And there was way too much time spent showing abstract footage on the big screen, (which to me, is just distracting) and not enought time on the band. Sombody criticized DSoT for spending too much time on Gilmour... and I would have liked a little more time on Mason and Wright... but after all, Gilmour's guitar is the heart and soul of Floyd, the musical "voice" of the band. And he is the lead singer. I got tired of waiting for the DVD to come out, so I made my own from the VHS tape. Its still an incredible visual feast.

How about Nick Mason & Richard Wright?.......2006-11-13

Seems as if the * of the show is David Gilmour? How about a little more footage for the rest of the band instead of 90% Gilmour & the three girls? I thought Mason & Wright could rock-on a lot more than they did with this concert. Gilmore seemed pretty restrained too. Is it an age thing? Is Santana the only 60's rocker with any youthful energy left?

Also, guess I'm old school as the production is too MTV'ish for my tastes. Less fancy lighting with thoses aggravating 1 seconds clips and more/ longer shots of the musicians (besides Gilmour & the three girls, please)! Their performance seemed almost too polished without much movement for most of the concert. Maybe it will grow on me, but it's nothing like their early 70's "Live at Pompeii" tape. I rest my case.

Pink Floyd's finest concert video.......2006-10-02

After watching this "Momentary Lapse of Reason" concert, I promptly bought the video when it became available. The same shivers ran down my spine as I watched it. Songs including "Learning to fly", "Run like Hell", "Sorrow", "Great Gig in the Sky" blow me away on this video. I have watched every Pink Floyd DVD available and am in disbelief at how none of them even compare to my VHS copy of "The Delicate Sound of Thunder". This is the Best Pink Floyd video... I'm not sure why it hasn't been released on DVD yet, but I hope and pray that it will be someday soon!

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