The man behind “Y Tú Mamá También” and who directed “Children of Men” collaborated with author Naomi Klein to create a trailer for her book The Shock Doctrine, which draws a disturbing comparison between the way CIA agents “soften up” their prisoners with relentless torture and the way governments seize on natural disasters or crises to “soften up” their people enough so they’ll accept free market-oriented policies they normally wouldn’t. Needless to say, the attacks being commemorated today fall into that category. Following the link below takes you on a gloomy, 6-minute romp through Cuarón-orchestrated stock footage, animated torture, historic montages, and eerie narration. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you.) On the bright side, he lets his boy Jonas get official credit for directing! The whole thing raises two questions in our pretty little heads: since when do books get trailers? Also, who knew a Mexican director could be so in vogue with anti-establishment chic? Oh, wait: Cuarón wouldn’t be the first, thanks to his partner-in-crime Alejandro Iñárritu.

The Shock Doctrine By Alfonso Cuarón And Naomi Klein [YouTube via Vulture]
Earlier, Mexican Director Calls President Bush A Fascist, Gets Points For Being Original