This Is War: Memories of Iraq
by Gary Mortensen
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Director: Gary MortensenBrand: Music Video Dist
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: IMD Films
DVD Reviews of This Is War: Memories of Iraq
DVD Review: A video gem
Summary: 5 Stars
I just finished watching this. Excellent. Its' a-political but if you hate the war, you probably won't like it because this shows how are National Guardsmen, ones who really serve their country and sacrifice as they usually leave better paying jobs and family to deploy, serving proudly and readily and facing real threats and ultimately loss.
These soldiers are a credit to the Army and to the Oregon National Guard. They serve with honor and grit and the story they tell is profoundly moving as real and not contemporary "feelings" and complaining and whatnot. This documentary covers some of the toughest periods to serve in Iraq, mid 2004 thru 2005.
I highly recommend this video. I wish the "where are they now" at the end could have been more inclusive, but maybe the ones that were left out, decided not to participate. It's still a job well done.
I'm an Army vet and have friends serving in Iraq now and this film touched me as I hoped it would.
Description of This Is War: Memories of Iraq
THIS IS WAR - DVD MovieAmong the many documentaries about America?s involvement in the Iraq War, This Is War is one of the most personal. A video diary about the experiences of an Oregon National Guard battalion sent to Iraq for a year in 2004, This Is War is divided into short chapters that bring home multiple aspects of a difficult and dangerous mission. Beginning with the troops emotionally preparing for a half-year?s combat training and gradually acclimating to Iraq?s tremendous heat, the film traces a gradual awareness of day-to-day realities and responsibilities where the enemy is often unseen. While the soldiers know the predictability of their own movements make them constantly subject to attack, there is little they can do about it, and when assaults come they watch and adapt as their teammates die. Told anecdotally, this video collage offers many specifics about events most of us only know through general knowledge about the war?s progress. While Brian De Palma?s Redacted was a protest against official control of information coming out of the Iraq War--told from the point-of-view of a faux video diary--This Is War is the real thing, and is a richer experience for its marriage of the Guardsmen?s cynical yet workaday ethic and muted emotions about the horrors and treachery that surround them. --Tom Keogh
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