Often when there is the concept of "a war" floating around in the public consciousness, it takes on a nebulous and unreal quality — like an oblique nightmare everyone knows they'll wake up from in the morning. If the bombs haven't landed in the living room next to the anesthetizing television, it's like it isn't really happening. In a way, a film about the war can be that bomb: landing directly on your prefrontal cortex to make you really see what's going on. This... More >>>