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'Standard Operating Procedure' Lets the Soldiers of Abu Ghraib Hang Themselvesnew
Errol Morris has pointed his lens at lion tamers, Floridians, a Holocaust denier and now the Abu Ghraib soldiers, who talk themselves right into perdition.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
A Conversation with Errol Morris About the Abu Ghraib Atrocitiesnew
Errol Morris discusses Standard Operating Procedure and the way the Abu Ghraib scandal turned into a misleading and misunderstood episode: a "false narrative: false villains, false heroes, false everything."
INDY Week |
Douglas Vuncannon |
06-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Errol Morris Casts Light on the Torture Chambers of Abu Ghraibnew
Standard Operating Procedure is perhaps the most thorough record to date of one of the lowest points of American foreign policy.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
05-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Errol Morris on the Photos, the Torture and the Smoking Gunnew
Morris has become much more of an activist filmmaker. His latest documentary, Standard Operating Procedure, digs into the atrocities committed by the U.S. military at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
05-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Standard Operating Procedure' Deconstructs the Abu Ghraib Photosnew
Once again, Errol Morris is dealing with war at its morally foggiest.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
05-02-2008 |
Reviews
Errol Morris and the Aesthetics of Evidencenew
While the endlessly loquacious and deeply political director has made a film about Abu Ghraib and the secondary victims (those who were punished of low rank and those of higher rank who created the atmosphere where such violations were possible were not), he's more interested in dissecting the meaning of photography.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-30-2008 |
Reviews
'Standard Operating Procedure' Profiles Abu Ghraib Torturersnew
Errol Morris is more interested in political posturing and special effects than exposing a military disgrace.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
