By peddling the lie that CIA detentions led to Bin Laden's killing, you have become a Leni Riefenstahl-like propagandist of torture
Dear Kathryn Bigelow,
The Hurt Locker was a beautiful, brave film; many young women in film were inspired as they watched you become the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing. But with Zero Dark Thirty, you have attained a different kind of distinction.
Your film Zero Dark Thirty is a huge hit here. But in falsely justifying, in scene after scene, the torture of detainees in "the global war on terror", Zero Dark Thirty is a gorgeously-shot, two-hour ad for keeping intelligence agents who committed crimes against Guantánamo prisoners out of jail. It makes heroes and heroines out of people who committed violent crimes against other people based on their race – something that has historical precedent.
Your film claims, in many scenes, that CIA torture...
Dear Kathryn Bigelow,
The Hurt Locker was a beautiful, brave film; many young women in film were inspired as they watched you become the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing. But with Zero Dark Thirty, you have attained a different kind of distinction.
Your film Zero Dark Thirty is a huge hit here. But in falsely justifying, in scene after scene, the torture of detainees in "the global war on terror", Zero Dark Thirty is a gorgeously-shot, two-hour ad for keeping intelligence agents who committed crimes against Guantánamo prisoners out of jail. It makes heroes and heroines out of people who committed violent crimes against other people based on their race – something that has historical precedent.
Your film claims, in many scenes, that CIA torture...
- 1/4/2013
- by Naomi Wolf
- The Guardian - Film News
Here are this weeks DVD/Blu-Ray and Netflix New Releases:
DVD/Blu-Ray New Releases:
The A-Team:
Synopsis:
There's more action, more adventure - and more attitude - in The A-Team Extended Edition, which includes a never-before-seen version of the film with spectacular added footage not shown in theaters!
Buckle up for an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Sharlto Copley. Convicted by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, a daring team of former Special Forces soldiers must utilize their unique talents to break out of prison and tackle their toughest mission yet. It's going to take guts, split-second timing and an arsenal of explosive weapons...this is a job for The A-Team!
Cyrus:
Synopsis:
John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Oscar® Winner Marisa Tomei star in this quirky, hilarious story about love, family and cutting the cord. Not-so-recently divorced...
- 12/14/2010
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
So how will the world end? Fire? Ice? Or a gradual, institutional erosion of our core values, until society crumbles into paranoia and ruthless self-interest? Even before the financial and environmental news became soul-crushing, pop culture was awash in apocalyptica. But over the past half-decade, the damage wrought by terrorism, counterterrorism, and weather catastrophes has created a heightened sense of urgency. So more and more books and movies are attempting to explain how we got here and where we're going. Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern's The End Of America adapts Naomi Wolf's book, which compares the historical ...
- 1/28/2009
- avclub.com
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