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In the second installment, Jones delves a little deeper into a culture that was in some ways far more advanced than — and therefore hated by — those in the Roman Empire.
“The Brainy Barbarians” covers a civilization we in the Western World usually put on par with Rome, the Greeks. Even though the Greeks, as a culture, were older than the Romans, master of architecture and art and literature, they were barbaric…because they were different.

Based on surname alone, Terry Jones and I have one thing in common — we’re both of Welsh ancestry. That means that, deep down, we’re both still a little upset by what the English did to our homeland and by what the Romans did to all of Britain before that.
I believe that’s the reasoning behind Jones’ documentary undertaking, “The Barbarians.” Since history is usually dictated by the victor, everyone outside the Roman empire, both before and during the modern era, has been viewed as unwashed, stupid and mean.

Filmed on location in 1970 at some of the most legendary rock clubs of the day, Groupies promises a wild ride through the lively underworld of late sixties and early seventies rock’n roll ass-grabbing. Unfortunately, it delivers little more than a vapid taste of an historical era that can never be recaptured.