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Fog Of War
| Sun, 10-17-2004 - 11:25pm |
Has anyone seen Fog of War? I am about to see it tomorrow night after a study group session. SO, I don't even know which way this one leans, left or right??? it should be interesting, I heard it was very historical, which is great.
any thoughts are quite welcome!
any thoughts are quite welcome!

Here's a trailer for it I found: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/thefogofwar.html
As for leaning right or left...it's really hard to say. Errol Morris, the filmmaker, definately skews to the left (he just shot a series of anti-Bush commercials for moveon.org ) but he's more interested in mining McNamara for his thoughts than taking a grand stand against war, and McNamara is still pretty hawkish. Some people thougth this film was going to be his apology for Vietnam, but it's not at all. Though parts are chilling to hear today in light of the War in Iraq. It's incrediby thought provoking, and the kind of movie you want to see again.
Here's Errol Morris's website: http://www.smashedupcar.com/em/home.html
and here's a really interesting article on this contraption Morris has devised so that people feel comfortable speaking directly into the camera, which is a Morris trademark and really makes his documentaries feel different than everyone elses. It's pretty cool.
http://www.markorton.com/in_brief/Interrotron.htm
Keep posting, you come up with so many good topics!
and I will let you know what I think.