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Errol Morris to Document Abu Ghraib
Filed under: Documentary », Independent », Deals », Sony Classics », Politics », Cinematical Indie »
It is no surprise that someone is planning a documentary about the Abu Ghraib scandal; there will probably be a few. Already there is Robert Greenwald's latest, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, which deals with one aspect of the prisoner abuse, and the PBS series Frontline has included the incident in its recent episode titled "The Lost Year in Iraq". However, there's a good chance that no others are or will be as good as the one Errol Morris is set to make. The project was announced Sunday by Diane Weyermann of Participant Productions (An Inconvenient Truth) during the American Film Market. Morris has a habit of making docs that stand out even in the non-fiction genre, which despite having a seemingly general form is still comprised of distinct and divergent subgenres and styles. It is also important to point out that there is no way of knowing how this film will look or sound, considering none of Morris' films are anything alike. It is interesting, though, that he is going for another politically-tinged subject after making The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, for which he finally won his first Oscar (his most worthy, The Thin Blue Line, was ineligible for unfair reasons). As much as I will look forward to his take on Abu Ghraib, I kind of hope that he'll follow it with something less topical. There's enough political docs out there already, and Morris doesn't, or shouldn't, require such marketable subject matter.
Sony Classics, which also released The Fog of War, is already on board to distribute the film when ready.
Iraq Doc on Sticker Shock
Filed under: Documentary », New Releases », Home Entertainment », Politics », Michael Moore »
Despite the unveiling of footage of Sicko in Toronto, we still have a while before Michael Moore's next documentary hits theaters. So, while he takes longer and longer to give us the politically charged films we crave, let us celebrate the quicker filmmaking of Robert Greenwald, who last year gave us the controversial Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (I keep fudging that title as "the high cost of living" -- anybody else?). In case you haven't been reading Cinematical for more than a few months, that film received a lot of attention; so much that I have decided to limit related links to this original story.Greenwald's follow-up is already finished and is available on DVD next week (it is also receiving his usual scattered and limited theatrical screenings). Titled Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, the doc focuses on the private corporations charging exuberant prices for goods in Iraq (a six-pack of Coca-Cola for $45?), much of which is, in the end, paid for by American taxpayers. Among these corporations, Haliburton is obviously given great attention, and the company has already spoken out against the film calling it, "a theory in search of a conspiracy."
Personally, I keep hoping that Greenwald will deliver a follow-up to Xanadu (at least the soundtrack, anyway), but as I'm in the minority there, I'm glad that fans of his other films can keep getting more and more from him.
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