Yup, a documentary about digging up a landfill full of crap that nobody wanted then and nobody wants now is going to be gripping stuff. Or they could make a useful documentary about the uneven distribution of wealth in the United States and how some people can't afford to go to the Doctor whilst rich spoiled kids fret about the specs of the new Xbox. Coming from the Philippines I would expect you to understand the divide between haves and have-nots.
I'd love to watch a documentary about it considering that it would likely be a way of describing the E.T. cartridges to the crash of the video game industry, which, as a gamer, I find to be a very interesting. Sure, I'd also find a documentary about economic classes in the United States very interesting, but if I wanted to watch one, I'd get one since there are hundreds of documentaries about the economic status of the US. For chrissake, I just watched one on HBO last night.
You are blatantly ignoring the fact that the best thing about the media is its diversity. You can make a movie, a book, a tv show, a video game, an essay, a painting, or whatever about anything, and their being art ensures that you can go wild with them. You can make anything about anything, and I don't think we should limit these to things that are related to economics or politics or whatever. And normally, something like this, which would likely describe a crash of an industry, would always contain a hint of economic or cultural implication. Most films use their subject matter to imply something deeper than what the story suggests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos
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That's the kind of naive, self-centered comment I would expect from someone who spends a large part of their waking hours creating pixelated fantasy lands. Of course people in Canada care about people in the United States, it's not a question of nationality, but one of humanity.
And there are approximately 500 fucking movies and documentaries on poverty here in the Philippines. For chrissake, we even have a sub-genre of film called Poverty Porn. I am already on a sensory overload from them. I have watched way too many of them for a 16 year old boy. I KNOW. And obviously, as a Filipino, I care. But really, I was talking about a Canadian company making a documentary about a topic that I, as an individual, would find interesting. And I don't think the fact that my society has poverty or a division of class should have any influence on that matter.
I mean, the highest grossing Filipino film in our history? A comedy. The second is also a comedy. The two films were watched by everyone, rich and poor. The people already know about their problems; we see it on the news, we see it in our movies, we even hear it in our songs, but every trip to the movies doesn't have to be devoted to reminding them of that.