Directed by:
Albert NerenbergPlots(1)
Stupidity sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming, to the origins of the word moron, Stupidity examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture.
Stupidity embarks on an exhaustive search into its meaning, and the implications of a culture that is obsessed and saturated with stupefying culture. Stupidity careens at warp speed through sound bites on topics from television news and reality shows, to internet sites and popular films.
Featuring opinions and comments from some of today's most recognizable figures, cultural critics, authors and academics, including John Cleese, Noam Chomsky, Selma Hayek, and Bill Maher, Stupidity reveals that, despite our culture's extensive access to knowledge and information, humans continue to choose stupidity.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
George W. Bush
USA
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Curveball (2020) - a.f.
Die Hard 4 (2007) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
Coolio
USA
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A Wonderful Night in Split (2004)
Space: Above and Beyond (1995) (series)
Gangland (2001)
Bill Maher
USA
Best movies:
Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (2005) (TV movie)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Bill Maher: Be More Cynical (2001) (TV movie)
Michael Moore
USA
Best movies:
Edtv (1999)
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Michael Moore in TrumpLand (2016) (theatrical recording)
Noam Chomsky
USA
Steve-O
UK
Best movies:
The Dudesons Movie (2006)
Jackass: Volume 1 (2002)
Jackass: Number Two (2006)
Adam Sandler
USA
Best movies:
Reign Over Me (2007)
Hustle (2022)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
John Cleese
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV movie)
Salma Hayek
Mexico
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Traffic (2000)
Joel Schumacher
USA
Best movies:
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Paul Spence
Best movies:
These Girls (2005)
Julian Assange
Australia