{"id":1373,"date":"2008-12-05T01:44:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T01:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullcull.wordpress.com\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2025-06-22T07:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:09:38","slug":"film-hick-body-of-war-2007-by-phil-donahue-ellen-spiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullcull.com\/?p=1373","title":{"rendered":"Film Hick: Body Of War (2007) by Phil Donahue Ellen Spiro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Directed by: Phil Donahue, Ellen Spiro. Rated: Unrated. Running Time: 87 Mins.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the story of Tomas Young, a veteran who was paralysed by a bullet to the spine during the war in Iraq. It takes us through his coming to terms with his condition whilst presenting a critical look at how the war has been conducted and is still being conducted. We get to meet a variety of people from Young’s family, politicians and other veterans and get to see how it has affected all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the best term to describe the type of film-making that this is, is unflinching – it’s somewhat over-used but seems fitting. I hope this doesn’t make people think of anything at all gratuitous being included because this is a considered and matter of fact presentation of the situation. Some politicians emerge quite well, some not so well; you really feel for Young’s family and Young himself. I wouldn’t say that this film necessarily brings any new information to the table but the information it does bring is important and needs to be heard. It’s very watchable too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock may have opened the floodgates for a ,lot of these films to get through and that isn’t a bad thing but the strength of this film comes in a lot of ways from the fact that the people making it aren’t in the picture. It benefits from not coming across as overly polemical and not being in your face. I won’t say sensitive film-making, but definitely human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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