Review of Sir! No Sir! (2005) by Wes C — 01 Oct 2007
A scattered but in-depth document of the largely unknown (at least by most of my generation) GI protests during the Vietnam war. This is the kind of film I'm always torn by: it needs to exist, and deserves to be seen because of it's content, while at the same time it is a haphazard, generally poor piece of non-fiction filmmaking. This is one of the major dilemmas in modern cinema, with the success of Michael Moore and, subsequently, the rising popularity of non-fiction movies. Is it cinema just because it's playing in a cinema? Is it art or journalism? Are art and journalism the same thing?
Personally, I don't believe in the ability of art to change a political environment. More accurately, I think that once art is used as a means to an end it ceases to be art, and becomes propaganda or, simply, a tool (for better or for worse). But does cinema have to be art? Of course not. And what is art, in the first place? Like I said, I'm torn.
This review of Sir! No Sir! (2005) was written by Wes C on 01 Oct 2007.
Sir! No Sir! has generally received positive reviews.
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