Smile, O brother!

"Bring the boys back home

Bring the boys back home

Don't leave the children on their own, No... No!

Bring the boys back home"

A note to KG before his arrival

This is for when I see you at the airport:

"I just want to scream...hello...

My god it has been so long, never dreamed you'd return

But now here you are, and here I am

Hearts and thought they fade...away..."

:-)

Battle for Haditha

This is very strong and disturbing film made by Nick Broomfield, a documentary maker with outstanding film record.  The plot, as mentioned early in the movie is about:

"On 19th of November 2005 an IED bomb planted in the roadside in Haditha, Iraq killed 1 marine and injured 2 others.

In the following hours marines killed 24 Iraqi men, women and children."

The movie has been shot in the style of documentary and it took me quite some time to realize that it is not actually a documentary. The drama is so strong that it made me emotional at times during the movie. I firstly aimed all my hatred to the marines and I was hoping that they all would vanish despite knowing the outcome of the story. But then I noticed that both sides were crying (or rather bleeding) heavily after all the dust had settled. The audience inevitably aims his emotions toward the leaders of the both sides who manipulate the minds of their followers and fire up the war with disregard to its casualties or consequences.

Once again, it was confirmed for me that "The first casualty of war is innocence."

A very fine piece of movie and yet another great work by Broomfield nonetheless.