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Director Brian De Palma has attacked the U.S. government and the media for fooling the American public into believing the Iraq war has the full support of the armed forces fighting there.
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2 commentsFootage Of Dead Soldiers In 'Redacted' Censored
Director Brian De Palma's montage of Iraq war casualties was censored in new movie Redacted on the insistence of insurance companies, who feared relatives of the victims would sue the movie-makers.
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1 commentMovie Review: De Palma Shows Outrage Over Iraq War With Gimmicky Fake Doc 'Redacted'
Brian De Palma's outrage over the war in Iraq is palpable in ''Redacted,'' his fictionalized telling of the real-life rape and murder of a teenage girl by U.S. soldiers. Certainly this is a story that people need to know about, if they didn't know it already. His technique, however, tends to be gimmicky and clichéd.
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5 commentsWar Comes to Hollywood
As far back as the 30s, celebrities and even cartoon characters endorsed the purchase of war bonds to support World War I. Then again, there were those who opposed war. For example, producers came up with films such as "Johnny Got his Gun" in 1971, which was based on the 1938 anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo.
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Brian De Palma's 'Fictional Documentary' 'Redacted' Causing Controversy
A fictional story inspired by true events, Redacted is a unique cinematic experience that will force viewers to radically reconsider the filters through which we see and accept events in our world, the power of the mediated image and how presentation and composition influence our ideas and beliefs.
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1 commentMovie Remakes: 'Heartbreak Kid' Fails While Others Have Succeeded
The Heartbreak Kid, the latest collaboration between Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers, debuted in second place this past weekend with a modest $14 million haul at the box office. The last Stiller-Farrelly project, 1998's There's Something About Mary, pulled in $176.5 million that year.
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1 commentViggo The Sponge: Mortensen Builds Acting Chops On Deep, Immersive Research
NEW YORK (AP) - Viggo Mortensen is looking out the window. Across the street from his Manhattan hotel, he notices a man on a balcony and wonders aloud what the man is doing, what his life is. The moment makes him ponder, ''What does that mean?''
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Quentin Tarantino Brands Brian De Palma A 'Commercial Cop-Out'
Movie maker Quentin Tarantino has branded fellow Hollywood heavyweight Brian De Palma "desperate" for his bid to appeal to mass audiences. The Pulp Fiction director believes De Palma, whose credits include Scarface and The Untouchables, has failed to match the height of his popularity in the Eighties and early-Nineties with his more recent projects.
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2 Hollywood Movies Seek To Bring Horrors Of Iraq War To Greater Audience
VENICE, Italy (AP) - Two Hollywood films that take up the politics of the Iraq war grew out of the conviction that the American public was not getting the full picture of the violence.
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Venice Film Festival Turns 75, To Open Amid Taiwan-Related Spat Over Ang Lee Film
VENICE, Italy (AP) - The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion and a cascade of stars including George Clooney, Keira Knightley and Woody Allen.
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