This film tells the story of a student, Rose Price, who is selected to participate in a mysterious experiment conducted by unknown forces. The experiment aims to make her more supportive of the government but backfires, causing Rose to become increasingly paranoid and unable to distinguish between reality and conspiracy theories. The film uses unsettling music and atmosphere to put viewers on edge and make them question what is real. It provokes thought about government deception and whether terrorism has been exacerbated or even created by certain governments for their own purposes. Overall, the film immerses viewers in Rose's disturbing and confusing experience in a way that is sure to lead to debate.

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‘IGNORANCE IS BLISS’ are drawn to the leading character,
Rose, as her thoughts push her from
believing into disbelief into madness
and back again.
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one student is randomly picked to be a
Suspicious thoughts are fed through
your mind whilst watching this film,
you could even say it feels like Richard
test subject for an experiment hosted Donner’s ‘Conspiracy Theory’, just
by mysterious forces, which result in without the helicopters and budget and
the student becoming increasingly stars and Manhattan surroundings.
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We’ve all heard of conspiracy theories
about near anything and everything the
government does from faking the very
first moon landing to man-made
Earthquakes. However, this film
focuses on terrorism in the middle-east
and whether or not America has
knowingly caused it to worsen or has
in fact purposely created it in the first
place.
There’s something about the way The music presented in this film is
director Kirsty Hardy has established something to shiver about. Making
the atmosphere in this film. The music what might otherwise seem a typical
creeps into your nerves as you watch ‘nightmarish’ film into a trail of
the first few minutes, creating a near anxiety and expectation. whoever
instant feeling of paranoia and watches will feel nervous, despite the
creepiness that can not be ignored, as fact that the film has only been running
Rose Price (Becca Newton) is lead into for less than a minute.
the ‘test room’ by the seemingly
‘normal’ teacher. Whatever the truth may or may not be,
it is clear that this little film provides a
Rose Price is the victim of what seems thrilling, thought provoking and creepy
to be an experiment conducted by atmosphere that people are sure to talk
government agents who had planned about afterwards in heated debate over
for Rose to become a more patriarchal dinner.
citizen in an attempt to regain trust and
support for war in Iraq (and
government plans as a whole). Well,
that somewhat backfires, when she
begins to think the opposite of what
they hoped. This causes her to become
paranoid and confused. It is at this
point where we also get sucked into
the maddening world of in-between