First Persian Gulf War in Three Kings

This is an excellent article written by Julie Lorenzen. She talks about how the Persian Gulf War was used as the bigger story in the movie, The Three Kings. She goes on to explain about the events that were happening in America at the time that the movie was released (1999).

Hussein was still in charge of Iraq. There were complaints from American soldiers in the Gulf War were suffering from the side effects of the gases supposedly used by the Iraq army. The filmmakers might have feared that if George W. Bush won the election, he’d try to finish his father’s business in Iraq. The film seemed to be a statement of why we shouldn't’t go back because it chronicled the suffering of the Iraqi people.

Lorenzen goes on to explain the plot of the story, the emotional impact of the story, and the overall role that the American soldiers played in the movie and how the war effected them.

The filmmakers were sympathetic to the Iraqi people and critical of the Bush administration...In conclusion, The Three Kings stood out from the other films because it focused on U.S policy and military rather than on politicians and their staff.

This is an excellent article to read in order to get an idea of what our major project should be like, so I suggest that everyone check this one out.