no end in sight
NO END IN SIGHT (dir. Charles Ferguson, 2007):
Pretty standard documentary, lots of talking heads, archive footage, etc.
But the content! The situation in Iraq is incredibly frustrating. What's even worse is how helpless you feel afterwards. It seems like no matter what anyone does, they'll end up shot down (literally and/or figuratively). It's like SiCKO in that everyone can agree with it in the end, no matter what side you're on. It could have been prevented, and now it's chaos. Which was nicely underscored by a lot of the footage shot in Iraq-- there's many horizon lines that aren't level, a.k.a. lots of dutch angles (which I always called "the chaos angle"). And chaos it is.
Final Grade: B+
Pretty standard documentary, lots of talking heads, archive footage, etc.
But the content! The situation in Iraq is incredibly frustrating. What's even worse is how helpless you feel afterwards. It seems like no matter what anyone does, they'll end up shot down (literally and/or figuratively). It's like SiCKO in that everyone can agree with it in the end, no matter what side you're on. It could have been prevented, and now it's chaos. Which was nicely underscored by a lot of the footage shot in Iraq-- there's many horizon lines that aren't level, a.k.a. lots of dutch angles (which I always called "the chaos angle"). And chaos it is.
Final Grade: B+
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