Flicker Bits: Redacted – Military Madness; The Man in the Chair – A Rarity, Captivating

The other night he went after one of the producers of Redacted, Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks). Reilly asked his fanatic ‘pinhead’ audience to voice their displeasure to Cuban. In other words, try to terrorize and threaten via emails.

The movie by Brian DePalma is based on a real incident during the Iraq war. It is part Documentary style and part fiction based on fact. When it first starts out, I thought that I was seeing real soldiers in the war. The acting is that good. DePalma's way of letting us know that War is not good by filming a disturbing look at War. It is not good for anyone. For the Americans who are killed every day and for the Iraq people who must be suffering plenty. So, who is benefiting from this war? Not the Soldiers, not the people who live there. The answer is the Rich. So, you see “Let them Eat Cake” is still around.

The movie clearly puts some of the weary Soldiers in a bad light. It’s not their fault that they were tossed into this particular hellhole -- but they are there, and bad things are bound to happen that shouldn’t happen. This story is primarily about the real rape of a 15-year old girl by an American Soldier and the killing of her entire family. What a shame. Several Soldiers were involved in the entire horrible attack and they are now being tried. You’re not going to find a more vocal bitter war tirade than you will in De Palma’s film. All he had to do was to take the facts and bring it to the big screen.

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