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Article: War and drugs in the cross hairs ; At festival, tank gunners in Lebanon and police gone to the dark side
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- September 11, 2009
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Roderick Conway Morris
International Herald Tribune
09-11-2009
War and drugs in the cross hairs ; At festival, tank gunners in Lebanon and police gone to the dark side
Byline: Roderick Conway Morris
Type: News
The Venice Film Festival screened "Lebanon," a harrowing portait of tank gunners, and two films about cops gone to the dark side: "Brooklyn's Finest" and "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans."
"On June 6, 1982, at 6:15 a.m., I killed a man for the first time in my life," writes Samuel Maoz in the notes to "Lebanon," which he wrote and directed. This powerful and original film held its premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, which closes with the presentation of the ...