Fri., Jan. 20, 2006 12:00 AM PST
War, what is it good for? Gobs of money, apparently. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, this sobering documentary examines the rise of the American war machine since World War II. In his farewell presidential address, good ol' Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us against the military-industrial complex and corporate profiteering from war.
And hey, guess what's happened in the last 40-plus years? (Halliburton, anyone?) Taking a more bipartisan and less propagandistic approach than, say,
Fahrenheit 9/11, the flick details how this country has become systematically geared toward fighting wars--a scary combo of America's imperialism, big-business interests and politicians beholden to defense contractors that provide thousands of jobs. Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki combines archival military footage, news clips, interviews with political insiders and visits to arms trade shows to create an unsettling and eye-opening exposé of our hawkish ways. Pick this
Fight; it really packs a punch.
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