The Machine That Killed Bad People (1990)
Related Movies
Memorial (2022)
I Am Scared As Hell (2022)
Projections (1993)
Wintopia (2019)
Viva video, video viva (2020)
Living in the World (1985)
I Miss (The Istanbul I Don't Remember) (2025)
Grid (2021)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art (2019)
FUCK TV (2019)
Emerald ▣ (2025)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
All Star Video (1985)
Kusama's Self-Obliteration (1967)
Karikpo Pipeline (2015)
Subtitles for: The Machine That Killed Bad People (1990)
The Machine That Killed Bad People is about the cultural and political history of the Philippines leading up to the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. It also addresses the role of electronic media in the struggle for power, and more broadly, American intervention in the Third World. Using a structure that emulates the way television news programs construct meaning through fragmentation, the tape interweaves clips of Filipino activists and reporters, a fictional television anchorwoman and correspondent, commentary by independent filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha, Fagin's off-camera voice and script, and anonymous excerpts from commercial television.
| Genre | Documentary |
| Duration | 2h 0m |
| Release | 14 Feb 1990 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Steve Fagin |
| Keywords | video art |
| IMDb | tt1930520 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
