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23 August 2008 2:32 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Politics, War, Fan Rant

Sometimes cinemaniacs get rewarded for stepping outside the theater. Scott Weinberg, his tongue possibly in cheek, thinks a viral 4-minute internet video is the best movie of the year. I am convinced that the year's best fiction-on-film (so far -- though I have trouble imagining anything topping it) is currently airing on HBO. That would be Generation Kill, the seven-part, eight-hour Iraq War miniseries from David Simon and Ed Burns (The Wire). I know, I know: this is Cinematical, not TV Squad. But Generation Kill is something no movie lover should ignore.

Fans of The Wire already know of Simon and Burns's uncanny, unparalleled ability to weave together hyper-realism, trenchant commentary and riveting drama, but even they may be stunned, as I was, by what this smaller-scale project has to offer. It is, quite simply, the deepest and most sympathetic portrayal of the military

Eugene Novikov

12 July 2008 9:00 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

The naked hunger for bloodshed that was the driving for behind an elite group of Marines during the very earliest days of the Iraq War is the focal point of "Generation Kill," a seven-episode HBO dramatic miniseries that plays like a documentary. Based on an award-winning book of the same name by Evan Wright, the series gives a graphic account of seemingly endless war that has grown increasingly unpopular with Americans. Last year, when Hollywood studios release a series of films on this theme, they all tanked.

The folks at "Generation Kill

By ROBERT RORKE

9 July 2008 12:12 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

You half expect to hear Jimi Hendrix singing "All Along the Watchtower" in this Iraq War miniseries that takes pains to equate the current war with the quagmire of Vietnam.

The producers - David Simon and Ed Burns, who made "The Wire" for HBO - would argue that they weren't going for a Vietnam comparison at all.

They insist that all they did was make a miniseries that adheres closely to the reportage contained in a journalist's book - "Generation Kill" by Evan Wright -

By ADAM BUCKMAN

10 January 2008 11:08 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Edward Burns released his new movie online, because he is convinced it would have lost money in movie theaters.

The actor/writer/director released Purple Violets on i-Tunes, and is certain it has a better chance of succeeding there than if he had distributed it the conventional way.

Burns explains, "We released our film Purple Violets which cost $4 million and was shot in 22 days on i-tunes a few weeks ago and we've already done such an enormous number of downloads and that's real money that's on the table.

"The financial gains are enormous (on the internet) rather than making a deal with a commercial distributor.

"The attendance in art house movie theaters is down like 54 per cent in the last 12 months. Grace is Gone, a great film in Sundance made $12,000 which is shocking. Whether it's the ease that DVDs show up in your mailbox be it Netflix or movies on demand, or the fact that people have flat-screened TVs and Hd, there's not the same need to go down to a theater."

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4 articles from 2008