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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Cape Spin is an extraordinary documentary about two threats to the survival of all species, including ours. On the one hand, it's about the crucial fight to find alternatives to fossil fuels—in this case, wind power, which just might help us save the Earth from fatal warming, toxic oceans and ground water, and the other poison fruits of oil-and-gas dependency.And yet Cape Spin is also a brilliant study of another, subtler kind of pollution, which is every bit as dangerous as all the evils that it urges on us: propaganda. The war between those for and those against the windmills off Cape Cod is an excellent example of a mammoth propaganda match between two different wealthy interests —just like the Democrats v. the Republicans, and other huge, expensive and utterly undemocratic struggles for the hearts and minds of the majority.This film is a must-see, as trenchant as it is hilarious, which is really saying something.

This documentary provides an excellent objective and insightful exploration into the power of the campaign in America. Educational and entertaining, funny and fascinating, this film should be seen by every American interested in advocacy and affecting change in this country. Educators, grassroots organizers, students and anyone interested in politics, media and creating a persuasive campaign should see this film. The film also flows well from scene to scene, and avoids the typical slow and long phases that so often make documentary films boring. The music is a delight and the editing is fantastic. Also, the movie features beautiful photography which pushes the plot ad point along--deeply engaging and informative!

I saw this documentary as a part of the Miami and the Beaches Environmental Film Festival, and I am so glad it was included in the festival. I previously knew nothing about this topic, and I felt a learned a lot by watching the movie. Cape Spin delivers a poignant look at a very topical issue and does it in a very humorous and entertaining way. The film presents both sides of this intense debate, and shows how the answers to environmental problems are not so easily found. The issue presented here may have local significance in Miami someday, and for this reason it is very sobering--it makes the audience consider where we would stand in a situation like this. It is hard to choose a side because both sides present rational arguments. I think a mark of a truly good documentary is a lack of bias. Most of time, I watch a documentary to be educated and not indoctrinated, and Cape Spin did a great job of that. I think it is incredibly difficult to remain neutral while filming a documentary about a issue so polarizing, and I give the filmmakers a lot of credit for the delicate balance achieved in Cape Spin. Overall, a very interesting and well-done film.

This film gives a mesmerizing look at the heated political battle between the advocates of renewable green energy and the preservationists of the New England coastline. An energy company proposes to build 130 tall wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. Both sides, aided by carefully spun well-funded informational campaigns - and the media reacts. Local reporting is fast and furious and the battle turns national - to the Daily Show with great behind-the-scenes material. The information campaigns spin half-truths and don't allow for intelligent discussion. Local media, lost between the salvos of the two camps cannot seem to dissect the truth. This film is a sad but funny reflection at political discourse in America. Highly recommend.