No End in Sight
102 min.
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Dir. Charles Ferguson
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Rated NR
No End in Sight is the documentary tale of how the United States government systematically dismantled (i.e., irretrievably fucked) the nation of Iraq. The bulk of the film rests on interviews with players both major and minor, news footage, and plenty of press-conference comedy from Secretary of Smirk Donald Rumsfeld (“I don’t do quagmires”). From the initial invasion, to the months of looting, to the disastrous disbanding of the Iraqi military, de-Baathification, and the current[ly failing] troop surge, the film is a step-by-step guide to building an insurgency from the ground up. No End in Sight avoids bumper-sticker editorializing, leaving the conclusions up to its interview subjects, who are more than happy to damn their former bosses all to hell.
By Lindy West
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