The San Francisco Film Society will present Full Battle Rattle on October 17. Its an exclusive one-time engagement, so buy your tickets now. The film will screen at the brand new Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio at 7:30 PM. Directors Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber will host a Q&A following the screening. Visit the Film Society's web site for information, tickets, etc.
The BBC's Tom Brook, host of Talking Movies on BBC World News, has filed a report on Full Battle Rattle. Tom was at the Film Forum last week to report the piece.
The Pentagon Enters the Matrix. Read today's Wall Street Journal article on Full Battle Rattle. Richard Woodward says he doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Both I'd say.
We'll be doing a Q&A after tonight's 8 PM show (Tuesday 7/22) at the Film Forum on Houston Street. This may be see your last chance to see the film on the big screen in New York. So please join us.
Continue reading Q&A @ The Film Forum - Tonight at 8 PM.
CNN's Brooke Anderson reports on Full Battle Rattle today. Watch the report and interview with Iraqi role player Nagi Moshi, one of our subjects.
Tony Gerber and I will be doing Q&A tonight (Thursday 7/17) after the 8 pm show of Full Battle Rattle at the Film Forum and tomorrow (Friday 7/18) after the 8 pm show. Please join us if you haven't seen the film.
Continue reading Film Forum Q&A Tonight - Thursday 7/17 - and Tomorrow - Friday 7/18.
Breaking news: AO Scott of The New York Times reviews FBR, calling it:
"A remarkably thorough and detailed account of the difficult conditions facing American soldiers in Iraq."J Hoberman offers a fascinating take on the film in the Village Voice. Also, Filmmaker Magazine has posted a long interview, part of its Directors Series.
Continue reading AO Scott and J. Hoberman on Full Battle Rattle.
David Edelstein reviews FBR in this week's New York Magazine, calling the film "an indelible vision of modern war" and "Altmanesque tragicomedy."
Stuart Klawans - esteemed critic at The Nation - has a great FBR review up. He writes:
Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss have assembled one of the most complete pictures yet to emerge of how an Iraqi town fragments into civil war...Look for many more FBR reviews in the coming days.
Continue reading Stuart Klawans reviews FBR in The Nation.
Anthony Kaufman, who's written so perceptively on Iraq cinema in the Village Voice, reviews FBR in the summer issue of UTNE Reader.
"More Catch 22 than No End in Sight. Full Battle Rattle proves not only that truth is stranger than fiction, but that the two are also impossible to tell apart."Kaufman adds:
"The wry, provocative documentary... reveals just as much about America's mislaid plans as any on-the-ground report from Baghdad."
Continue reading FBR in the new Utne Reader.
