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Article: Brutality and its aftermath: 'Flags of Our Fathers' shows Iwo Jima battle; 'Last King of Scotland' the reign of Idi Amin.(Movie review)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 10, 2006
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Clint Eastwood has come up with a wrenching new movie on the American invasion of Iwo Jima in 1944, Flags of Our Fathers. The raising of the American flag on the fifth day of that murderous battle, immortalized by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, was one of the most frequently invoked images of World War II, but those who anticipate a simple exercise in patriotism will be disappointed.
Largely based on the book of the same name by James Bradley and Ron Powers, the film's action is presented from the viewpoint of Bradley's father, John, a Navy corpsman. It makes clear that the flag in that photo was the second raised that day; the first was taken away ...