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Article: 'Redacted': Actually, It Shows Us Too Much; De Palma Mishandles War Crime Drama
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- The Washington Post
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- November 16, 2007
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Movies about Iraq have essentially arrived in two forms:
critically acclaimed documentaries, and feature films that have
bombed at the box office. Which is why a movie from Brian De Palma
about the military occupation that employs both genres in a timely
synthesis sounded awfully compelling. Sounded.
"Redacted," presented as the camcorder diary of an American
grunt, is a fascinating opportunity to evoke a political subject in
the telegenic language of our time (the film also takes you on a
wild tour through terrorist Web sites, soldiers' blogs and security
video logs) and, in entertainment terms, pump up the popcorn volume.
After all, the real man behind the camera brought us "The ...