Despite obvious comparison with Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, this is not a gonzo bit of egotistic movie making with a big cuddly shambolic star doing stunts. This is a serious piece of research and reporting of the highest standard. Instead of the meaningless Bushite mantra of 'freedom; freedom; freedom' it pinpoints the historical dimension of the Iraq war and the ideological manipulation and monetary and political interests of the military industrial complex that has landed USA into the hand of crypto Fascists who hide the truth from the people who instead are fed 'bread and circuses' by the culture industry. However Jarecki includes key neocons like Richard Perle and great clips of Rumsfeld schmoozing with Saddam Hussein – our ally against Iran to whom US sold his WMD. Jarecki also includes a fascinating story of a Vietnam vet who backs the war because it was against Al Qaidia but falls apart as he watches Bush shuffle sheepishly away from that. It was been premièred at the Sundance film festival where it won the Grand Jury prize for documentary. But I doubt any of the US mass media which colludes with the military industrial complex as part of the 'national security state' will allow it to be shown.
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Just watched this movie after reading this article cause i had nothing better to do, it was worth it :)
Finally the truth comes out
I've downloaded this a while back but didn't have a chance to watch it.
This is definitely worth watching! Some of the michael moore stuff can be hard to bite into.
This sticks to facts and documents more than "conspiracy".
downloading it right now
definitely gonna check this out...good to see someone sticking to facts
I will have to check this out. I'm spending this week watching movies I've missed, and this one will certainly be one of them.
This looks fascinating. If only I had the time to watch it. :(
Great recommendation. It really is worth watching.
looks great, thanks for recommending it
great documentary
never heard of this documentary before, will check it out.
I'm gonna download it and watch but I'm not sure it's gonna change my point of view...
This is going to be an interesting watch.
I like to watch opposing viewpoints documentaries, or one on one side, then one on the other...documentaries with one viewpoint are always biased and skewed :\
going to rent it next weekend, sounds interesting.
I love documentaries like this and the IMDB rating is huge, I'm sure it's great. Might need to check it out )
Sounds intresting, will check it out.
looks awesome, will try and watch it
the thing i dislike about these kind of movies is all it's they are so incredibly biased
cheers for the link, i might look into this. sounds interesting.
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