Sunday, April 8, 2007

The War in Three Kings

This is a link to a critical article discussing the Gulf War and how it was depicted in Three Kings. It was published in the Montreal Film Journal but I wasn't able to locate the authors name.
According to the author, the Gulf War was depicted in the same way the Vietnam War was depicted in the Climino. However, he feels this film was very successful in revealing what really went on at the time of the Gulf War. While doing so, the author manages to discuss ideology, nationalism and formalism.
Here is a quote

Three Kings" is a movie in a league of its own. Before you can see similarities with another film, it takes you somewhere else unexpected. There's some smart-ass humor, action scenes as exciting as any non-"Matrix" film you saw this year,politics... Russell (best known for indie gems like "Spanking the Monkey" and "Flirting with Disaster") gives it all a stylish look, with a camera that barely ever stops moving to keep us right where the action is

1 comment:

Haneen said...

misspelled depicted and discusses