The Dissident (Jamal Khashoggi documentary)

Alerium · 14-01-2021 5:49pm #1

Hey

Has anyone seen this documentary/movie and if so where did you watch it?

Link here for anyone wondering:
https://thedissident.com/

Thanks

14-01-2021 9:19pm

yes have heard about it.

haven't seen it.

did watch "Kingdom of Silence" a while ago - it was ... ok - pretty standard fare.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561478/

the page you linked shows what sites are showing it on the homepage - seems like it's 20 dollars to "rent"

of course you could go to "alternative sources"

14-01-2021 10:30pm

of course it's a story in itself how the piece has not been picked up by any major streaming platform for general (non-specific high rental charge) distribution

those medieval inbred Saudi "Royals" have gotten their way so far

emo72 · 14-01-2021 10:46pm

I'll go out of my way to watch this.

babybuilder · 15-01-2021 4:02pm

In looking forward to seeing this. Closely related to this is Coup 53. It details the CIA and British government overthrow of the Iranian government in 1953 . I haven't seen either and I can't find any platform showing the latter documentary. Any information would be welcome.

Alerium · 15-01-2021 5:02pm

glasso wrote: »

of course it's a story in itself how the piece has not been picked up by any major streaming platform for general (non-specific high rental charge) distribution

those medieval inbred Saudi "Royals" have gotten their way so far

Bryan Fogel, who is the director (won an Academy Award for Icarus) said Netflix and Prime wouldn’t touch it because they’re afraid of losing subscribers - fairly sad in my opinion.

Alerium · 15-01-2021 5:04pm

glasso wrote: »

yes have heard about it.

haven't seen it.

did watch "Kingdom of Silence" a while ago - it was ... ok - pretty standard fare.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561478/

the page you linked shows what sites are showing it on the homepage - seems like it's 20 dollars to "rent"

of course you could go to "alternative sources"

I think the $20 rental fee is over the top. I’m also afraid if i pay it, I’ll get some geographical block as we don’t really use those platforms here in Ireland. I couldn’t find it on any alternative sources as it’s fairly new and relatively unknown.

Purple Mountain · 15-01-2021 5:09pm

glasso wrote: »

did watch "Kingdom of Silence" a while ago .

Where can this be viewed?

15-01-2021 7:05pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Where can this be viewed?

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

babybuilder · 16-01-2021 12:21am

glasso wrote: »

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

A Less cryptic clue please

16-01-2021 12:35am

Captain Red Beard · 16-01-2021 2:02am

A buccaneer on a beach? Buccaneer beach?

16-01-2021 10:26am

Captain Red Beard wrote: »

A buccaneer on a beach? Buccaneer beach?

You of all people would know Captain Red Beard.

16-01-2021 12:01pm

I've now seen both Kingdom of Silence and The Dissident.

Arr.

Tbh if you followed the story closely and know about Saudia Arabia you won't learn anything new really

Both were similar in a way except The Dissident had a lot of focus on a young guy called Omar in exile in Canada who was a recent collaborator with JK. Which is ok but I thought that too much of the piece revolved around him. He's not particularly interesting.

I'm guessing that the reason that The Dissident is getting more play in the media than Kingdom of Silence is mainly down to the story being made about it not being on Netflix etc and the fact that it's the same guy who did the Russia sport doping docu.

Alerium · 16-01-2021 11:00pm

glasso wrote: »

I've now seen both Kingdom of Silence and The Dissident.

Arr.

Tbh if you followed the story closely and know about Saudia Arabia you won't learn anything new really

Both were similar in a way except The Dissident had a lot of focus on a young guy called Omar in exile in Canada who was a recent collaborator with JK. Which is ok but I thought that too much of the piece revolved around him. He's not particularly interesting.

I'm guessing that the reason that The Dissident is getting more play in the media than Kingdom of Silence is mainly down to the story being made about it not being on Netflix etc and the fact that it's the same guy who did the Russia sport doping docu.

Where did you watch then may i ask, what platform? Also how much is each in euro? Thanks

17-01-2021 1:32pm

Kingdom of Silence is on Showtime (free trials in the US) and Amazon.com (rental fee not prime) but not on European Amazon

The Dissident has links from its homepage - also on Amazon.com (rental)

Not surprising that Amazon is showing them, considering Mr Bone Saw was the one who sent the malware to Bezos to hack his phone and then sent the compromising pics to The National Enquirer

Neither doc is worth $20 each to watch imo