ISBN : 9782296139831
LOGISTICS OF PERCEPTION 2.0: MULTIPLE SCREEN AESTHETICS IN IRAQ WAR FILMS
While in 2008 the battles in Iraq are still going on films about this war appear in remarkable quantities. Recent feature films include Redacted (Brian de Palma, 2007), In the Valley of Elah (Paul Haggis, 2007), Lions for Lambs (Robert Redford, 2007), Battle for Haditha (Nick Broomfield, 2007), Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce, 2008) and The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008).69 Among the many documentaries Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004), The War Tapes (Deborah Scranton, 2006), Iraq in Fragments (James Longley, 2007) and Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris, 2008) are noticeable. 70 All these films investigate not only the effects of the war but also, and especially, its images as they operate through the overwhelming variety...