The Burmese Harp: Fires on the Plain: Two Films
When Kon Ichikawa‘s name is mentioned, ears don’t perk up in recognition. Even if “film maker” is added as …
Tag Archives: War
Fear Up Harsh
Tony Lagouranis was a soldier. An American soldier. An American soldier who tortured Iraqis. He conducted mock executions, forced men …
Numerology on Iraq Numbers
Remember the Lancet reported study by Johns Hopkins last fall? 655,000 Iraqis dead it said. Not 12,000 as the Iraqi …
Officer Against the War
” A Soldier’s Declaration I am making this statement as an act of willful defiance of military authority, because I …
Letters From Iwo Jima
I saw Letters from Iwo Jima last night. I liked it. Is it a great film? No. Is it a …
Nuclear War: Avoided, Barely
Idly following links from one article to another I came across this 2002 article about the 1962 October Cuban Missle …
Movie: Story of the Weeping Camel
In my new zeal to see all the movies I’ve ever missed I saw The Story of the Weeping Camel …
Iraq: Wretched
There is no end to the carnage in Iraq. Juan Cole reports…. A string of car bombings in Sadr City …