In 'The Report,' setting the record on torture straight

[Judi Lynn]

Jake Coyle, Ap Film Writer Updated 5:58 pm CST, Tuesday, November 12, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — The unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's detention and enhanced interrogation program runs approximately 6,700 pages and includes some 38,000 footnotes. It doesn't exactly scream Hollywood.

But from an early stage, writer-director Scott Z. Burns was drawn to the Congressional quest to detail and bring to light the CIA's torturing of detainees in the wake of Sept. 11. He zeroed in, ultimately, on Daniel J. Jones, the lead investigator for the Senate Intelligence Committee, who toiled for five years on an investigation that culminated with the 2014 release of a 525-page summary . Its findings discredited the still widely held belief that torture techniques contributed to the capture of Osama bin Laden.

"The Report," written and directed by Burns and starring Adam Driver as Jones, is the story of that report and Jones' struggle to release it. At a time when false narratives come by the blizzard, the film is a heavily researched, star-laden, big-screen effort to set the record straight.

"Whatever narrative you want, you can find. They're all out there on the internet waiting for you. Whatever confirmation bias you walk into a situation with, you'll find the narrative you dreamed up waiting for you," says Burns. "I guess I still believe that there are facts. I want very much to live in a world where facts inform storytelling."

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/In-The-Report-setting-the-record-on-torture-14829594.php

[Karadeniz]

1. Wow! This'll never come to our village cinema, unfortunately. Students should watch it.