Fog of War

So we continued with the Errol Morris week, and went out to the Angelika in the middle of the snow and the ice, and the cold.. to see "Fog of War".

It hurt. Leaves no much hope for the human race. The people with the power to press the "red button" are not that caring. It's more about power, about strategy, about being extremely rational. And.. we kind of knew that, but seeing it so clearly... it's painful.
It's a great movie. And it's this 85 years-old Robert McNamara last chance to redeem himself from his major mistake: Vietnam and the 58.000 Americans that died from it, and the some other thousands of Vietnamese.
I am not sure if I forgive him or Kennedy, or Johnson, but the intention of this movie is not to get our forgiveness, but to pass along some of his knowledge, so we can all learn from his mistakes and not make them again.
As T.S. Elliot said and he quoted, "go explore, don't stop exploring, and when you come back to the place you left from, you will see it for the first time."

See preview here.

Posted by Eider at January 19, 2004 12:05 PM