Review of The Fog of War (2003) by Steph S — 10 Dec 2012
Robert McNamara explains his life during the two World Wars and the Vietnam War.
For those of us who are students of history but didn't live during the times of the Vietnam War and WWII, this film doesn't have the resonance it might otherwise have. What I see is McNamara the apologist and McNamara the regretful soldier, personalities that he freely oscillates between almost at will. He wags his finger at the camera so many times that I felt like he was giving me, a small boy, a lecture on how to live. The film becomes a compilation of McNamara saying, "I did my best, but I fucked up, but damn it, I did my best!".
Overall, I think this film is a good introduction to people who know little about the wars, but it ultimately devolves into a talking head documentary.
This review of The Fog of War (2003) was written by Steph S on 10 Dec 2012.
The Fog of War has generally received very positive reviews.
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