Echolalia (2003)
Overview
Echolalia is the meaningless repetition of words or phrases associated with forms of dementia and aphasia. In the build-up to the war in Iraq certain phrases were endlessly repeated to the point where these empty rhetorical phrases were confused with concrete facts. I tried to record as many instances of people repeating the phrase “weapons of mass destruction” as I could stand and represent these statements in a way that draws attention to the deadening effect of their repetition, however emphatically they are expressed.
Cast
George W. Bush
Self
Ari Fleischer
Self
John Ashcroft
Self
Tony Blair
Self
Tariq Aziz
Self
Colin Powell
Self
Suzanne Malveaux
Self
Joe Biden
SelfRecommendations
Zoo
The Machinist
The Amusement Park
Dumbo
A Boy Called Christmas
Local Hero
Mask
21 & Over
Child's Play 3
My Little Pony: The Movie
Merry Madagascar
Tommy
Bionicle: Mask of Light
Barbie in the Nutcracker
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina
Barbie and the Three Musketeers
Bride of Chucky
The Larva Island Movie
Monster High: Friday Night Frights
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