Control Room

[Changleen]

Anybody here seen this movie?

If you haven't I suggest you try and get to see it - most of you will probably find it very interesting. It's basically about the recent illegal and stupid police action in Iraq - it's posted as being a movie about Al-Jazeera but whilst it's mostly their footage, it's really just about the whole press experience in Iraq.

There are some superb edits and comedy Bush and Rumsfield moments as well to keep you entertained, and it casts some new light on some of the major 'PR' victories of the war, for example the toppling of Saddam's statue.

I saw it last night at the best movie theatre in the world. (but that's beside the point). I think there's a list of theatres that are showing it on the site.

www.controlroommovie.com

[jmvar]

my friend told me about this movie and highly recomended it. He said it was really depressing and you will trust nothing you see in the media after, or even more so if you are already sceptical.

I saw a show on World Link TV that looked into the how the media was force feed information by the Pentagon in Iraq and it was really interesting to see the manipulation. there is a whole other world on the other side of the camera and it is amazing to see where the "information" comes from.

[tmx]

great documentary. has been recognized by the variety of political leanings as a true representation of media during wartime. strongly recommend it.