Posted by
Bob Parks on Friday, May 02, 2008 1:15:28 PM
A while back, I received an email from an impassioned woman who had organized a boycott of Brian DePalma's new movie "Redacted".
The American left in Hollywood had released a slew of movies depicting our soldiers as the troubled, the disturbed and even murderous. One such movie was "Redacted" by Brian DePalma. Basketball's Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban bankrolled this movie. DePalma shot the movie on high definition video to give it that "today" look, however neither he or Cuban went to Iraq or talked to any soldiers about what it's really like over there.
It was just all about DePalma and now he's looking over his shoulder. He said as much during an entertainment review segment on the BBC back in September.
"Mission: Impossible" director Brian DePalma has no such qualms. His new film "Redacted" is a sledgehammer documentary look at the American Military and US policy in Iraq.
Do you worry about what's going to be said in the states about it with the whole "Support the Troops" campaign?
"That's already pre-programmed. I mean, they're already ranting and raving about it, you know. I mean, when you get a banner headline on the Drudge Report, you know you're in trouble already. I mean the right wing is gonna come at this film. I mean, I've done something that is, it just can't be done. You can't ever say anything critical of the troops."
Audiences here in Venice have tended to prefer "Redacted". Although some critics have called it both simplistic and unrealistic.
While DePalma's Hollywood peers reportedly loved the film, the critics were less enthusiastic. While his Hollywood peers lashed out against The War overseas, DePalma himself was then under the realization that his film was not going to be totally embraced outside of the brainwashed liberal academic enclaves. Continued...