‘Body of Lies’ - Gambling With a Return to the Mideast
By Behind The Scenes TV on Oct 13, 2008 in New Movies
To paraphrase the old Vietnam-era bumper sticker: What if they gave a war movie and nobody came?
That American moviegoers are allergic to matters revolving around Iraq and the war on terror has become a pillar of wisdom. Films like “Rendition” and “Redacted” have floundered at the box office, as have movies only tangentially linked to the conflict (like “The Kite Runner,”set in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan). The one bona fide hit with a link to the Mideast has been the stoner comedy“Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.”
But what if you gathered two of the world’s biggest movie stars, one of its most celebrated directors, an Oscar-winning screenwriter and a novel and threw them all at the seemingly intractable craziness of the Middle East?
(New York Times)
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jamesbrunto | Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
wow it was a movie i have watch it at the first date
extremely made to taste of war movie lovers not only that
many has been turn in to also including me of the performance of
Leonardo DiCaprio i watch it on http://www.80millionmoviesfree.com