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Q & A: How Willimon Runs Fincher's 'House ...Hetherington and Junger Talk Afghan War Doc Restrepo
This film dogs you emotionally, messes up your tear ducts. The directors, Vanity Fair contributors Tim Hetherington, a British photographer and cinematographer, and journalist Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm), are strapping, manly men. They can hold their own with U.S. soldiers in the toughest mountain terrain. Even they get weepy talking about the movie. What's the source of its power? The film takes us closer to seeing what men at war go through, what they suffer and lose, and especially in Afghanistan, the futility of it all.
The two men visited the Korangal Valley in Afghanistan ten times, five each, and the footage shows a platoon of army soldiers under almost constant attack from Taliban fighters in the mountains who they never see—until one horrific campaign. That’s when the filmmakers shot footage of a slain soldier which ended up on ABC News. You’ve never seen fighting like this. Ever.
National Geographic Films released the doc this July; it aired on National Geographic Channel in the fall.
UPDATE: The U.S. Army eventually closed the dangerous outpost. And Junger is returning to Afghanistan for Vanity Fair this March, to continue covering the war.
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4 Comments
jl | January 26, 2010 7:10 AM
touche!
Sean Flynn | January 26, 2010 6:50 AM
No need for lotion: I leave my shirt on.
jl | January 26, 2010 6:29 AM
@Sean Flynn, as if you've been in Iraq or Afghanistan. I'd recommend some lotion for the delicate skin, you might burn in the sun.
Sean Flynn | January 26, 2010 6:24 AM
Forgive Anne if she is blushing, she just discovered that there is a war on. Perhaps you have never seen footage like this because you never bothered to watch. Let's see, in Iraq alone, 139 journalists have been killed and at least 66 abducted. Hetherington might also want to do a little embed fact check about IED attacks. I think Pat Dollard probably holds the record for IED attacks/filmed survived. But wait, he's not as pretty with his shirt off as Junger is.