|
|
Article: Bleeding art liberal; Goremeister De Palma's 'Redacted' selectively edits the war.(SHOW)(ON THE EDGE)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Peter Suderman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Can a movie stop the war in Iraq? With "Redacted," director Brian De Palma hopes so. His new film recounts (and greatly embellishes upon) an incident in which American soldiers - several of whom are now facing charges for their actions - raped and killed a young Iraqi girl.
Mr. De Palma has long held a reputation as a silver-screen copycat artist, a forger of second-rate goods who casually lifts from his cinematic betters. In films like "Dressed to Kill," "Mission to Mars" and "Blow Out," he shamelessly appropriated motifs and narrative elements from respected directors like Alfred Hitchcock, ...