Theaters of War
2022 · 85 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · DIR. Roger Stahl
Overview
If you’ve seen Top Gun or Transformers, you may have wondered: Does all of that military machinery on screen come with strings attached? Does the military actually get a crack at the script? With the release of a vast new trove of internal government documents, the answers have come into sharp focus: the US military has exercised editorial control over thousands of films and television programs. As these activities gain new public scrutiny, new questions arise: How have they managed to fly under the radar for so long? And where do we go from here?
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00:00:12 I directed our military
00:03:39 because your defenses are down.
00:07:53 if I'm not mistaken, and hope to do more of the same.
00:11:33 of storage for you to blow up.
00:15:01 Surely they must pass the authenticity test
00:18:42 Obviously, I was shocked by some of these--
00:22:34 deciding if a script has the glimmer of realism or fun
00:26:26 Secker.
00:30:13 Probably, yes.
00:33:46 for US citizens.
00:37:36 They've enlisted their long running partners, Army Wives
00:41:20 I've always been like some of the first
00:45:09 But with Black Hawk Down, high level leaders
00:48:59 of the script.
00:52:31 Heart heroes around.
00:56:30 Scores of soldiers had to head into the firefight
01:00:31 doing this?
01:04:21 There's the pivotal scene where the platoon captures
01:08:11 The central plot is the CIA trying
01:12:07 After all, I've still got symphony tickets for tonight.
01:15:51 When Philip Strub or anybody
01:19:15 They're going to military tech expos,
01:23:32 Why shouldn't we know what they're doing?
01:27:13 where we don't have to.
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