Comments on: Standard Operating Procedure on DVD: share your favorite war films and win http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/22/standard-operating-procedure-on-dvd-share-your-favorites-and-win/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jim http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/22/standard-operating-procedure-on-dvd-share-your-favorites-and-win/#comment-115999 Jim Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:40:22 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6463#comment-115999 Favorite War movies Braveheart Von Ryan's Express Patton Bridge over River Kwai Great Escape The Blue Max Tora Tora Tora The Longest Day Favorite War movies
Braveheart
Von Ryan’s Express
Patton
Bridge over River Kwai
Great Escape
The Blue Max
Tora Tora Tora
The Longest Day

]]> By: Chris Gray http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/22/standard-operating-procedure-on-dvd-share-your-favorites-and-win/#comment-115936 Chris Gray Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:38:08 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6463#comment-115936 Casablanca Schindler's List The Thin Red Line Dr. Strangelove The Manchurian Candidate Boy do I not like many war movies. Casablanca
Schindler’s List
The Thin Red Line
Dr. Strangelove
The Manchurian Candidate

Boy do I not like many war movies.

]]> By: Xu Yun Liang http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/22/standard-operating-procedure-on-dvd-share-your-favorites-and-win/#comment-115906 Xu Yun Liang Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:18:06 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6463#comment-115906 1.The good, the bad and the ugly 2.apocalypse now 3.Paths of Glory 4.Full metal jacket 5.The thin red line 1.The good, the bad and the ugly
2.apocalypse now
3.Paths of Glory
4.Full metal jacket
5.The thin red line

]]> By: NIck Bicanic http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/22/standard-operating-procedure-on-dvd-share-your-favorites-and-win/#comment-115903 NIck Bicanic Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:51:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6463#comment-115903 We travelled to Iraq, Sierra Leone and throughout Canada, US to get to the full story of how "the rules of war have changed"... it is interesting to note almost all interview subjects (mercenaries, govt officials and soliders) would always ask whether we were making a "pro" or "anti" film... *btw, if you'd like to see the trailer, www.shadowcompany.com (or contact me directly) We travelled to Iraq, Sierra Leone and throughout Canada, US to get to the full story of how “the rules of war have changed”… it is interesting to note almost all interview subjects (mercenaries, govt officials and soliders) would always ask whether we were making a “pro” or “anti” film…

*btw, if you’d like to see the trailer, http://www.shadowcompany.com (or contact me directly)

]]> By: NIck Bicanic http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/22/standard-operating-procedure-on-dvd-share-your-favorites-and-win/#comment-115902 NIck Bicanic Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:48:57 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6463#comment-115902 I find that a lot of people veered towards either presenting a severely left or right wing point of view; even "Blood Diamond" (a film I was a fan of and our documentary "Shadow Company" was officiallly used as research for Leonardo's mercenary character) kept some audiences away because they felt it would be too "one sided". I think it's difficult to make a film that resonates with "balance" when presenting the war since people tend to be very polarized in N. America. We tried to make our documentary that way.. and while it won a ton of awards and we were invited to testify in US senate on the subject of mercenaries/private armies/modern warfare, it was really hard to sell to any one network.. people who are pacifists want an anti-war movie and those who like "shoot em up"movies tend to want to see pure action. It's unfortunate. I felt like Kingdom was all right. I find that a lot of people veered towards either presenting a severely left or right wing point of view; even “Blood Diamond” (a film I was a fan of and our documentary “Shadow Company” was officiallly used as research for Leonardo’s mercenary character) kept some audiences away because they felt it would be too “one sided”.
I think it’s difficult to make a film that resonates with “balance” when presenting the war since people tend to be very polarized in N. America. We tried to make our documentary that way.. and while it won a ton of awards and we were invited to testify in US senate on the subject of mercenaries/private armies/modern warfare, it was really hard to sell to any one network.. people who are pacifists want an anti-war movie and those who like “shoot em up”movies tend to want to see pure action. It’s unfortunate.
I felt like Kingdom was all right.

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