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I will forever associate Larry King with the movie “Spin”. [1] It’s a rather brilliant indie documentary about the 1992 (Bill Clinton / HW Bush) election based

by gdubs 6y ago

I will forever associate Larry King with the movie “Spin”. [1] It’s a rather brilliant indie documentary about the 1992 (Bill Clinton / HW Bush) election based on a fascinating technological element: back then, Satellite TV feeds would often just keep running during commercial breaks, or warmups. So the director recorded a TON of footage from these moments where the politicians and news anchors acted themselves, seemingly unaware that anyone was watching. The segments with Larry King are, um, memorable. Very candid moments. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_(1995_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_(1995_film)

ridaj 6y ago
Thanks for the recommendation This one's pretty good: https://youtu.be/VCUIlV-AKY4 https://youtu.be/VCUIlV-AKY4
- PIKAL 6y ago
  How is it possible for any intellectually honest person to downvote a piece of raw, unedited and candid video footage? How?
- SkyMarshal 6y ago
  Thanks. I haven't seen it, but this looks like it might be the full documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU Here's the part where the documentary explains how he got all the behind-the-scenes footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU&t=3m58s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU&t=3m58s. TLDR - raw video from remote studios were first beamed via satellite to the Network's HQ for editing and "packaging". But back in those days, people with satellite boxes could intercept and view the raw pre-packaged feeds.
  - cbhl 6y ago
    You should also be able to find it on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/SPINSpringer1995 https://archive.org/details/SPINSpringer1995
    - Stratoscope 6y ago
      In fact it looks like the film was uploaded to IA by Brian Springer (the filmmaker) himself, along with many of the source tapes: https://archive.org/details/@brnspring https://archive.org/details/@brnspring
    - tomjakubowski 6y ago
      There's a slightly longer version (1hr15 to credits) here. I'm not sure what the differences are. https://mediaburn.org/video/spin/ https://mediaburn.org/video/spin/
- cal5k 6y ago
  While the conspiracy theorists seem to love that one, I think he meant "serve" as in "serve on your cabinet".
  - ridaj 6y ago
    Obviously... What else do the conspirationists think it mean?
    - krapp 6y ago
      Likely that Ted Turner was offering to have CNN serve as a propaganda machine for the Clinton Administration or the Democratic Party at large, due to their common political sympathies.
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dfee 6y ago
Looks like a great watch. Unfortunately, I can’t find Spin available anywhere - paid or less public. Kinda disappointing to see content like this virtually extinguished. Actually, it may be up on YouTube in full: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uock08dy19s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uock08dy19s
antaviana 6y ago
Today I watched "Contact". Coincidentally, both Larry King and Clinton appear in cameos (I think that Clinton's cameo was unauthorized, though.)
- e15ctr0n 6y ago
  > Clinton's cameo was unauthorized Wikipedia has a good discussion on this topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)#Bill_Clinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)#B...
nickysielicki 6y ago
They still do that. See https://www.lyngsat.com/america.html https://www.lyngsat.com/america.html If you guys think "fuck it, we'll do it live" was bad, you should have seen Barbara Walters. I wish I recorded some of it. All these people in media have egos like you wouldn't believe.

by gdubs 6y ago

ridaj 6y ago

Thanks for the recommendation This one's pretty good: https://youtu.be/VCUIlV-AKY4 https://youtu.be/VCUIlV-AKY4

PIKAL 6y ago
How is it possible for any intellectually honest person to downvote a piece of raw, unedited and candid video footage? How?
SkyMarshal 6y ago
Thanks. I haven't seen it, but this looks like it might be the full documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU Here's the part where the documentary explains how he got all the behind-the-scenes footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU&t=3m58s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJkgQZb0VU&t=3m58s. TLDR - raw video from remote studios were first beamed via satellite to the Network's HQ for editing and "packaging". But back in those days, people with satellite boxes could intercept and view the raw pre-packaged feeds.
- cbhl 6y ago
  You should also be able to find it on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/SPINSpringer1995 https://archive.org/details/SPINSpringer1995
  - Stratoscope 6y ago
    In fact it looks like the film was uploaded to IA by Brian Springer (the filmmaker) himself, along with many of the source tapes: https://archive.org/details/@brnspring https://archive.org/details/@brnspring
  - tomjakubowski 6y ago
    There's a slightly longer version (1hr15 to credits) here. I'm not sure what the differences are. https://mediaburn.org/video/spin/ https://mediaburn.org/video/spin/
cal5k 6y ago
While the conspiracy theorists seem to love that one, I think he meant "serve" as in "serve on your cabinet".
- ridaj 6y ago
  Obviously... What else do the conspirationists think it mean?
  - krapp 6y ago
    Likely that Ted Turner was offering to have CNN serve as a propaganda machine for the Clinton Administration or the Democratic Party at large, due to their common political sympathies.
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dfee 6y ago

Looks like a great watch. Unfortunately, I can’t find Spin available anywhere - paid or less public. Kinda disappointing to see content like this virtually extinguished. Actually, it may be up on YouTube in full: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uock08dy19s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uock08dy19s

antaviana 6y ago

Today I watched "Contact". Coincidentally, both Larry King and Clinton appear in cameos (I think that Clinton's cameo was unauthorized, though.)

e15ctr0n 6y ago
> Clinton's cameo was unauthorized Wikipedia has a good discussion on this topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)#Bill_Clinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)#B...

nickysielicki 6y ago

They still do that. See https://www.lyngsat.com/america.html https://www.lyngsat.com/america.html If you guys think "fuck it, we'll do it live" was bad, you should have seen Barbara Walters. I wish I recorded some of it. All these people in media have egos like you wouldn't believe.