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01-04-09, 07:13 AM #1
Director sparks interest with film about war in Iraq
Director sparks interest with film about war in Iraq
08:06 PM CST on Saturday, January 3, 2009
By Boo Allen / Film Critic
This week, we start in Iraq:
Battle for Haditha (***) Despite an American public that has mostly ignored Iraq war movies, controversial British director Nick Broomfield does his best to ignite passions with this tense docudrama about the still-disputed events that took place in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005.
Filmed in Jordan using non-professional actors, including ex-Marines taking the roles of the actual soldiers involved, the film presents a dramatized rendition of the events in question.
When an I.E.D. explodes, killing a Marine and wounding several others, Americans retaliate by killing 24 nearby Iraqis, including women and children. The Marines assert self-defense, and the Iraqis claim a mass slaughter. As he has done throughout his career, Broomfield exploits the situation for his latest provocative work.
The DVD contains a comprehensive 51-minute “making of” featurette, with cast and crew interviews, including Broomfield.
The 11-minute “A Soldier’s Story” offers an interview with one of the ex-Marines who appear in the film, similar to a 20-minute interview with Elliott Ruiz, an ex-Marine who plays the pivotal soldier in charge.
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