Erol Morris documentary: Fog of War

[Ian David]

If anyone hasn't seen it yet, I strongly suggest watching Fog of War.

It will be on the True Stories channel again Thursday night at 8:30 or 9:30 pm.

[Goldeneye]

1. True Stories Channel -- DTV? Local Cable? EOM

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. Its real name is Encore True

It's part of the Encore family of cable stations, and its either digital or premium, depending on which cable/satellite company you subscribe to.

[Sympleesmshn]

2. That is with McNamara Right?

[jonnyblitz]

4. yup. n/t

[Sympleesmshn]

5. It is a great movie...

but you also need to read his book. It is one of the best I have read. It is what the movie is based on, it just mostly cover Vietnam.

[jonnyblitz]

8. i didn't realize there was a book!!

I will have to read it. I assume it is titled the same as the movie. thanks for the info.

[Sympleesmshn]

11. "In Retrospect : The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam"

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679767495/qid=1103546530/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-6271686-7017529?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

He wrote two others, but I have not had a chance to read them yet.

[jonnyblitz]

3. I saw it in the theater. I highly recommend it also. nt

[knowbody0]

7. well titled

a haunting and provocative film

[ajacobson]

9. McNamara

looked pretty good for being 88 years old. Erol Morris did a great service by doing this doco. It's hard for me to understand how McNamara can observe US conduct at the end of WWII was criminal while choosing not to see the criminality in Vietnam.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

10. If you happen to come across a copy of the dvd of it,

You should watch the extras. There's one part where he states his own outline of the 10 points to war. (They differ immensly from the ones used in the movie itself.) It is an excellent movie - but after watching this extra clip - I was totally blown away.