19-10-2014, 02:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 19-10-2014, 04:20 AM by Albert Doyle.)
The cowardly Washington Post responded with yet another hit piece against Gary Webb:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/g...story.html
I saw the movie today. It's great and should be seen by everyone. I might have personally done it differently by accenting the Central American landscape and Contra aspects big screen Oliver Stone style. I would have added more dirty CIA scenes and backroom targeting of Webb. I suspect they didn't do that because the Gary Webb character might not carry such a high load screenplay. But the real reason was probably budget. They kept it to a Gary Webb personal shoebox where they kept it close to Webb, his family, and emotions. This method did have the effect of accenting the brutal victimization of Webb and how he was targeted by not only CIA but the system as well. By keeping it centered around Webb it amplified the morbid hopelessness he was subjected to and made palpable what he himself was personally going through. This aspect is good because it makes the cowards who betrayed and murdered Webb get a good taste of what they did.
I thought the movie would have supported a bigger and better production, however in the car going home I realized that this trim and efficient version had flown under the radar threading hill and dale finding its target. There was sort of an electro-chemical reaction in my chest separate from the normal circuits of intellect that told me this movie cruise missile had made a low order detonation precisely on its target and scored an important victory against those at whom it was aimed.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/g...story.html
I saw the movie today. It's great and should be seen by everyone. I might have personally done it differently by accenting the Central American landscape and Contra aspects big screen Oliver Stone style. I would have added more dirty CIA scenes and backroom targeting of Webb. I suspect they didn't do that because the Gary Webb character might not carry such a high load screenplay. But the real reason was probably budget. They kept it to a Gary Webb personal shoebox where they kept it close to Webb, his family, and emotions. This method did have the effect of accenting the brutal victimization of Webb and how he was targeted by not only CIA but the system as well. By keeping it centered around Webb it amplified the morbid hopelessness he was subjected to and made palpable what he himself was personally going through. This aspect is good because it makes the cowards who betrayed and murdered Webb get a good taste of what they did.
I thought the movie would have supported a bigger and better production, however in the car going home I realized that this trim and efficient version had flown under the radar threading hill and dale finding its target. There was sort of an electro-chemical reaction in my chest separate from the normal circuits of intellect that told me this movie cruise missile had made a low order detonation precisely on its target and scored an important victory against those at whom it was aimed.
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