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Kablooie

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26. The director did say that but the media dismissed her comments as unimportant.

Reply to OldDem2012 (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 02:32 AM

Jan 2013

The film showed clearly how torture gave no useful information.
It wasn't until the CIA agents sat down with the prisoner and gave him a decent meal that he began to talk and this is what the director explained.

The fact is that America used torture is part of history whether we like it or not.
To ignore this fact in the telling of the story would be a dishonest whitewashing of history.
And the film does not glorify torture. Just the opposite.
It shows how clever, nonviolent gathering of information will bring much more success than trying to wring it out of someone with torture.

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In Defense of Zero Dark Thirty by Michael Moore [View all] arely staircase Jan 2013 OP

good read.. enjoyed going to the link and reading all of it OKNancy Jan 2013 #1

Updated inside: If that's the point the film was trying to make, among others,.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #2

Yep. I can't watch torture tblue Jan 2013 #4

pulled me in as well icarusxat Jan 2013 #9

The director did say that but the media dismissed her comments as unimportant. Kablooie Jan 2013 #26

Thanks....appreciate the analysis! nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #27

i am so glad to read a review by someone who seems to have arely staircase Jan 2013 #29

Excellent review trumad Jan 2013 #3

Good to know. The Cheneys acting like the movie proved they were right completely Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #22

He makes excellent, salient points about the film. Some people Lex Jan 2013 #5

Moore is defending Bigelow and Hollywood here PDittie Jan 2013 #6

Did you even read the article linked? Lex Jan 2013 #7

Yes. PDittie Jan 2013 #13

Please read the ENTIRE article. Thanks. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #12

I did. PDittie Jan 2013 #14

Then you should be hearing the sound of "woooosh" sailing over your head at 50,000 feet. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #15

I know, right? nt Lex Jan 2013 #16

I lately avoid these gauntlets thrown down. PDittie Jan 2013 #18

Moore said this in the article: Lex Jan 2013 #20

I hated torture long before MM suggested PDittie Jan 2013 #28

Wow. I have never heard that perspective on the movie before now. gtar100 Jan 2013 #8

Zero Dark Thirty was too long, too boring bigwillq Jan 2013 #10

Tracking down an allusive person is long and boring. 99% of the effort is shifting to bluestate10 Jan 2013 #23

Tracking down "allusive" persons is interesting, as they're constantly coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #25

Yes, I get that. bigwillq Jan 2013 #30

usually most people commenting and attacking the film in the media have not seen it. nt TeamPooka Jan 2013 #11

Michael Moore may have convinced me to watch the movie Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #17

solution bennettweiss Jan 2013 #19

I actually loved Silver Linings Playbook Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #21

What are the politics of the producer and director? bluestate10 Jan 2013 #24