Community Governments: How They Function (1953)

★★★★ · Anarchy! · Spuzz · 2022-08-18

An interesting and, dare I say it, ediucational! film about the many forms of government a village can take to deal with it's problems. Interesting that the community in question, Riverside, seems to not have any form of government until they find out (and we do to) about the many types they can have. All look about the same, some maybe a little less civic-y then others. (the city manager thing bugs me). Soon, Riverdale has elections. but we dont find out results. Interesting, either the filmmakers want us to figure that out ourselves which would be the best, or each of the choices are…

★★★ · Down With Governments! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-12-18

There's a huge gaping hole in this film, and we don't mean the one on Maple Street that has citizens of Riverside demanding should be fixed. People want Maple Street paved. They want the unhealthy ragweed problem dealt with. So the film looks at different forms of civic government to tackle the problem. The problem is none of the proposed governments have the money to deal with the situation. The problem isn't the form of government. It's plain, old lack of funds. We gets our fill of angry citizens at a village hall meeting. One woman claims children will get killed if police don't have an…