Movies: A Hot New Crop of Docs
(3 of 3)
Michael Winterbottom, who co-directed the movie with Mat Whitecross, has fashioned a most adventurous filmography. He has made period tragedies (Jude) and comedies (Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story), but his true métier is the political docudrama set in lands scorched by war: Bosnia for Welcome to Sarajevo, Afghanistan for In This World. The Road to Guantánamo is his most unsparing statement yet of war's brutalizing effect on both the prisoner and his jailer.
"It either destroys you or makes you stronger," Iqbal says of his incarceration. "I think it made me stronger." If the movie's remorseless depiction of this nightmare doesn't shock audiences into numbness--United 93 is a Hallmark card compared with this horror show--they may be inspired by the stubborn bravery of Iqbal and his friends. Documents like this are supposed to open our eyes, even if we would rather shut them to the awful realities on view. Release date: June 23
- « PREV PAGE
- 1
- 2
- 3
Most Popular »
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
- Will Dubai's Financial Problems Spread Around the Globe?
- Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
- Germany's Doubts About Afghanistan Grow After Revelations About Air Strike
- Black Friday Sales Were Encouraging, Retailers Say
- Behind the Philippines' Maguindanao Massacre
- In Italy, A Sex Scandal to Rival Berlusconi's
- A Brief History Of Black Friday
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
- Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
- Is Gene Therapy Finally Ready for Prime Time?
- How the Beans of Egypt, Maine, Sprouted a Militia
- Pie
- McDonald's Abroad
- National Affairs: Black Mammy
- Nation: LINCOLN AND MODERN AMERICA
Quotes of the Day »
Quotes of the Day »
RSS