Interview · moment 8 of 19
QAnon's Origins and the Esquire Article on Loose Change
from #219 - The Gates Of Hell | The Tim Dillon Show · #219
6 min
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Tim and Ben discuss an Esquire article trying to connect the 2005 documentary Loose Change to the rise of QAnon, with Tim disputing the thesis while praising the film's production and criticizing journalists' selective use of the word 'conspiracy.'
- People spend a thousand dollars on omelets just to announce the price to everyone at the table.
- Tim says Ben was hunting QAnon during lunch, trying to track down its real source.
- Tim believes QAnon's fingerprints are somewhere in the White House, possibly originating from an ex-military or intelligence figure working with someone like Steve Bannon.
- An Esquire writer called Tim to discuss an article about Loose Change that attempted to draw a line from the film to QAnon.
- Loose Change, directed by 21-year-old Dylan Avery in 2005, posited that 9/11 was either an inside job or subject to a massive cover-up.
- Dylan Avery is trying to break into movies now, but careers struggle after making Loose Change.
- Dylan Avery made Loose Change with a few thousand dollars and a compact Presario, earning praise from Alec Baldwin as the Gone with the Wind of conspiracies.
- Tim mocks people who quote celebrity praise in their bios without actually using those connections to advance their careers.
- Tim disagreed with the Esquire article's thesis that QAnon emerged from Loose Change, arguing instead that QAnon functions more like a religious movement.
QAnonLoose ChangeDylan AveryAlex JonesJohn McDermottSteve BannonAlec BaldwinVanity Fair