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...movie takes a serious downturn when World War II hits. Frears attempts to add gravity by using WWII themes, yet this only reveals how slight a comedy of manners the first part is. The director’s juxtaposition of actual stock footage of the war??including the bombing of London—against the theater’s musical numbers featuring naked girls highlights the falsity of the film’s recreation of the time...
...more neighborhoods did not burn? Thirteen million people live in these suburban projects, which represent 4.5 million apartments or houses. As of Nov. 17, 597 persons have been arrested throughout the whole country. Among those, 108 are under the age of 18. France is not at “war?? with its younger population from African origins. It clearly has serious problems of social integration and economic inequality. Yet these issues, which no one in France would ever characterize as purely American phenomena, have long been the subject of intense debate and the focus of numerous government programs...
...writing my own book, and if I had any other writers in mind, it was to write something unlike the books they had written, even though I admired them. THC: Any authors in particular? AS: Philip Caputo’s “A Rumor of War?? and George Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia.” This isn’t a memoir, but Tim O’Brien’s novel “Going After Cacciato.” THC: Do you think you’ll ever return...
...stereotypically foul-mouthed, hard-edged officer. “Jarhead”’s characters annoyingly avoid any mention of Bush Sr., preferring platitudes about how politics don’t matter in combat. The movie’s reluctance to explore the First Gulf War??s broader ramifications is especially bewildering now, while we’re fighting a second. Ultimately, “Jarhead” says that war screws soldiers. Whether or not they leave Iraq in body bags, the film’s soldiers are all a little less human, a little...
...killer,” and “evildoer” dominate the discourse on terrorism. In “War,” there are no monsters. There are only men and women whom circumstance and ideology have led them to commit monstrous acts. “War??’s protagonist is an American-educated Pakistani engineer named Hasan (Ayad Akhtar). Hasan’s brother is an Islamic radical and a terror suspect—American intelligence believes that Hasan may have information as to his whereabouts and possible terror plans. Rather than question...