The site answers.com provides excellent bibliographical and filmographical information about Director David O. Russell. If we looked in depth at this director, we find out that he mainly makes thoughtful comedy films like Flirting With Disaster and I ♥ Huckabees. He also was part of the team that brought the satirical movie called Anchorman: The Legend of Burgundy.
The only war movies that he has done are the Three Kings (1999) and the recent Soldiers Pay (2004). Ironically, both movies are about the Iraq War which are different from other movies in the war genre. I think David Russell is trying to make a statement as he shows the human side of the war unlike many movies in the war genre which are about explosion filled scenes and letting the good guys (the US military) winning against the bad guys. I believe that he is trying to tell us that wars are not a game, but a real life event that personally affect the lives of everyone who is involved - be it the victim or the soldier armed with that M16.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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