Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 8/26/07 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/01/reference-question-of-the-week-82607/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve Vender http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/01/reference-question-of-the-week-82607/#comment-274 Steve Vender Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:50:34 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=182#comment-274 I waited twenty-five years to see Titicut Follies, and when I finally saw it I understood why the people responsible for the hideous things at Bridgewater tried to prevent the public from seeing it. It is one of the most incredible, revealing films of institutional sadism ever made. I am a private investigator who specializes in criminal defense work, so I have witnessed the crimes of institutions run by the State over the years, but Wiseman’s film still astounds me.

]]> By: Heather Rayl http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/01/reference-question-of-the-week-82607/#comment-273 Heather Rayl Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:01:34 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=182#comment-273 I saw this film as an undergraduate in a sociology class.

It was indeed highly disturbing.

I remember crying in class, and most of us were silent after it was over.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/01/reference-question-of-the-week-82607/#comment-272 Jessica Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:46:11 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=182#comment-272 You get the most interesting questions – I’m totally jealous.

This sounds like a very interesting – and disturbing – film. I must see it now.

]]> By: jessamyn http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/01/reference-question-of-the-week-82607/#comment-271 jessamyn Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:40:47 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=182#comment-271 They used to show this film at Hampshire College when I was there every few years. I never saw it but heard that it was quite disturbing.

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