Review of The Fog of War (2003) by Stephen C — 10 Sep 2013
Robert S McNamara was a man who became defense secretary to Two presidents during the height of the cold war in the 1960s.
Under John F Kennedy he was a viatl cog in dealing with the Cuban Missile crisis of late 1962 and under Lydon Johnson he was responsible for Vietnam.
Documentarian Errol Morris profiles this facinating man and one comes away with a view of Mcnamara as a man who made tough and difficult decisions and ones which affected him even in his later years .
Morris uses archive footage to show the rise of the man and the problems he encountered during his Whitehouse career,the biggest of these being the slightly demented Curtis Le May as a General felt the only way to deal with your enemy was to bomb him back to the stone age.
McNamara is sensible to admit his mistakes which lead to the war in Vitenam,but he also reminds us that the buck stopped with Johnson.
Morris and composer also give the film another edge as we see clips of bombs falling in slo motion and Glass's score boooms over this faceless attacks.
Afilm that should be shown to any US president attempting to set American foreign policy agendas this documentary is literate and endlessly facinating .
This review of The Fog of War (2003) was written by Stephen C on 10 Sep 2013.
The Fog of War has generally received very positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
