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The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara |  | Director: Errol Morris
Actor: Robert McNamara
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  252 reviews
Sales Rank: 2965
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396019164
ISBN: 1404941665
UPC: 043396019164
EAN: 9781404941663
ASIN: B0001L3LUE
Theatrical Release Date: February 2004
Release Date: May 11, 2004
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The Fog of War, the movie that finally won Errol Morris the best documentary Oscar, is a spellbinder. Morris interviews Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and finds a uniquely unsettling viewpoint on much of 20th-century American history. Employing a ton of archival material, including LBJ's fascinating taped conversations from the Oval Office, Morris probes the reasons behind the U.S. commitment to the Vietnam War--and finds a depressingly inconsistent policy. McNamara himself emerges as--well, not exactly apologetic, but clearly haunted by the what-ifs of Vietnam. He also mulls the bombing of Japan in World War II and the Cuban Missile Crisis, raising more questions than he answers. The Fog of War has the usual inexorable Morris momentum, aided by an uneasy Philip Glass score. This movie provides a glimpse inside government. It also encourages skepticism about same. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Interviews and profiles Robert S. McNamara, former Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the
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 Absolutely engrossing; extraordinary July 23, 2010
V Ember (Utah, USA)
Perhaps the most gripping documentary I have ever seen. It was particularly engrossing while Rumsfeld was the Secretary of Defense. Absolutely do not miss this.
Worth watching if you hate the man, or if you've never heard of him June 6, 2010
kalanamak (Pacific NW)
This fascinating film reminds me of the powerful lines in Thucydides's "The Peloponnesian War" (here an Athenian is speaking to the Spartans): "Take time then in forming your resolution, as the matter is of great importance; and do not be persuaded by the opinions and complaints of others and so bring trouble on yourselves, but consider the vast influence of accident in war, before you are engaged in it. As it continues, it generally becomes an affair of chances, chances from which neither of us is exempt, and whose event we must risk in the dark. It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disaster to discuss the matter."
Thousands of years show us how there is nothing new under the sun, but it is still my hope people view this film for hundreds of years to come.
 Great documentary from a misunderstood figure in Cold War American History May 31, 2010
T. Slavens
Well put together peice! Enlightening perspective on the events that unfolded during the height of the Cold War.
Mesmerizing May 25, 2010
S. Jewell (Canberra, Australia)
I was absolutely spellbound from opening titles to credits. An incredible insight into a man who literally had his finger on the big red button. Wonderful candid reaction to Kennedy's introduction of him as Secretary of Defense. Perhaps the best 'documentary' I have ever watched. Watch it !
Absolutely brilliant! May 24, 2010
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
The haunting neo-classical Phillip Glass score plays throughout. The Johnson White House tapes play with amplified sound. JFK speaking on tape also. McNamara shows he was against the Vietnam War, but went along with LBJ out of loyalty, even as he knew the war was based on fundamentally flawed thinking and understanding, or lack thereof. He thinks JFK probably would have gotten out of Vietnam. At 85, when this was made, McNamara was tack sharp, his legendary brain fully intact. He chokes up often, at the mention of JFK's death, at the mention of his family and the deaths in war. This is one of the best docs I've seen in a long time. It may change your view of McNamara, long the bogeyman for Vietnam, but probably misunderstood.
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