Full Battle Rattle Blog http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/ en-US Copyright 2008 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:24:59 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification FBR in Amsterdam This week, FBR is screening at the world's most prestigious documentary film festival, IDFA, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Visit the festival site for screening details.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/11/fbr-in-amsterdam.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/11/fbr-in-amsterdam.html Screenings Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:24:59 +0000 San Francisco Screening - Oct. 17 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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/09/san-francisco-screening-oct-17.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/09/san-francisco-screening-oct-17.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:12:45 +0000 The BBC on Full Battle Rattle 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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/the-bbc-on-full-battle-rattle.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/the-bbc-on-full-battle-rattle.html Press Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:27:30 +0000 FBR in The Wall Street Journal 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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/fbr-in-the-wall-street-journal.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/fbr-in-the-wall-street-journal.html Press Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:55:56 +0000 Q&A @ The Film Forum - Tonight at 8 PM 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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/qa-the-film-forum-tonight-at-8.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/qa-the-film-forum-tonight-at-8.html Screenings Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:48:53 +0000 CNN Reports on FBR 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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/cnn-reports-on-fbr.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/cnn-reports-on-fbr.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:27:45 +0000 Film Forum Q&A Tonight - Thursday 7/17 - and Tomorrow - Friday 7/18 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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/film-forum-qa-tonite-thursday.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/film-forum-qa-tonite-thursday.html Screenings Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:39:15 +0000 AO Scott and J. Hoberman on Full Battle Rattle 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. 

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]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/david-edelstein-raves-in-new-y.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/david-edelstein-raves-in-new-y.html Press Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:31:33 +0000 Stuart Klawans reviews FBR in The Nation

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.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/stuart-klawans-reviews-fbr-in.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/07/stuart-klawans-reviews-fbr-in.html Press Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:57:06 +0000 FBR in the new Utne Reader 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."


]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/06/fbr-in-the-new-utne-reader.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/06/fbr-in-the-new-utne-reader.html Press Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:05:39 +0000 FBR on Facebook FBR has a brand new Facebook page. Come visit. And be sure to check out the new trailer.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/06/fbr-on-facebook.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/06/fbr-on-facebook.html Press Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:04:29 +0000 New FBR Trailer - Watch It Now! The brand new FBR Trailer is now up on You Tube. Check it out. Or watch it here.

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/06/fbr-trailer-watch-it-now.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/06/fbr-trailer-watch-it-now.html Screenings Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:17:45 +0000 Indiewire and All These Wonderful Things Anthony Kaufman's got a piece up on Indiewire pegged to the release of Erroll Morris's SOP - about new Iraq docs - including FBR - that "share a uniqueness of approach and specific subject matter that could help them break out of the "Iraq-doc" box." Anthony credits the films for its "sharply ironic gaze." Also, blogger and doc filmmaker AJ Schnack reviews FBR out of Hot Docs for his blog, saying FBR is "an entertaining, sometimes funny, sometimes tense film, with top-notch cinematography and editing and graphic design that never trumps the central action. ...it's really fine filmmaking."

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/04/indiewire-and-all-these-wonder.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/04/indiewire-and-all-these-wonder.html Press Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:01:01 +0000 FBR @ Hot Docs and Full Frame FBR is screening in Toronto this week, as part of the Hot Docs Festival. Showcase has a good piece up the film which you can read here. Also, Chuck Tryon of the Chutry Experiment, reviewed the film out of Full Frame, calling it one of the most fascinating films at the festival, "one that looks at our investment in the war in Iraq from an entirely new perspective."

]]> http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/04/fbr-hot-docs-and-full-frame.html http://www.fullbattlerattlemovie.com/blog/2008/04/fbr-hot-docs-and-full-frame.html Press Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:55:25 +0000