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Interview: 'No End in Sight' Director Charles Ferguson
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When No End in Sight premiered at the Sundance Film Fesitval in 2007, it quickly became one of the most buzzed about films of the fest. The film continued to play well and to generate discussion, culminating in the film's nomination for Best Documentary at this year's Academy Awards. Cinematical talked to director Charles Ferguson by phone recently about the film, the United States government's policies in Iraq, his thoughts on what the next Adminstration needs to do, and whether we'll ever see an end to the US occupation in Iraq.
Cinematical: Let's start with what inspired you to make No End in Sight.
Charles Ferguson: The idea for the film came from my background in Political Science and policy analysis, and from talking to a number of people who were studying the Iraq war and writing books -- books like Losing Iraq, Squandered Victory, and The Assassin's Gate. In a sense I was stealing from them in that I was doing something similar to what they were doing in terms of wanting to make a film about the decisions that had been made about the war and their consequences.
I found it a little strange -- and frankly still do find it strange -- that no other film like that had been made. There were other films about Iraq but they were about very specific things -- one group of GIs, or one family, or one institution. And some of them were excellent films, but I find it really astonishing that no one else had made a film asking,"How did this happen?"
Oscars: Best Feature-Length Documentary
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Charlize comes out to present Best Feature-Length Documentary
with some sort of parachute connected to her shoulder. I'm not sure if she was screened for whatever is under
there, but I know I'm scared...for whoever takes her home. And the nominees are:
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street
Fight
Not surprisingly, the award goes to those lovable penguins who marched
for miles in the name of inspiring those of us at home with really large asses to add walking to our daily exercises
for about one whole day. March of the Penguins takes it and I'm just afraid those paraplegics from
Murderball are taking a trip to Antarctica to kick some ass. I really did love the gigantic stuffed penguins
those "dorky french dudes" (Martha's quote, I promise) brought on stage. Okay, seriously, congrats to Luc
Jacquet and Yves Darondeau on their award.
Grizzly Bear Man - worth it for the half-assed Herzog impression alone
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences once again proved its critical acumen and relevancy when, late last
year, they failed to add Grizzly Man to their short list of possible Best Documentary Oscar noms. But don't
worry, AMPAS – Werner Herzog will have his revenge. That's the takeaway from Travis and Jonathan's Grizzly Man spoof currently making the rounds. It's
amazing how a big fuzzy bear suit has the ability to transform tragedy into comedy. Now, repeat after
"Werner": "To engrave the Oscar, it is H-E-R-Z-O-G. It's about time, seriously. I drug a boat over a
mountain, for chrissakes. Give me some props."[via Defamer]
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