Brian De Palma: Reasons for making "Redacted"

IFC News coverage of the 2007 New York Film Festival Press Conference for the film "Redacted." Director Brian De Palma speaks with J. Hoberman about his reasons for making the Iraq war drama "Redacted" and his use of Internet sources.

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[borismuller86]

brian de palma is a genius, one of the greatest directors of all time. he's barely made a poor film in his entire career, so i hope this lives up to the hype!

[kobhy]

the war should be stopped, period. It's not about being a hippie, morons, it's about being a human.

[seavoyagerful]

@QuatermassMan James cameron movies: remakes, sequels and based on facts and many pieces and pasted from other movies. no creativity or personality. and could at least have cited inspiration for Dario Argento palm, but a no-brainer as you do not know.

[QuatermassMan]

He's a mysogonist copy cat artist. ALL his films are rips of Hitchcock. BLATANT rips! The movie is about the rape of women and in every movie he makes women are raped or just belittled. Watch 'em! Women are just puppets or whores. This man is a rip off artist of the highest order. Fuck him and his movies.

[marvscole]

The war is to fill up USA government asses with money, while other countries struggle to survive.... this kind of film is to brain wash peoples head...

[boatstaylor]

Stupid movie!

[delysid22]

Everytime I get same answers pointing some details (and yes the acting is horrible)Here I'm talking about the general meaning of this movie.

Redacted is interesting and COURAGEOUS for what it says about Politics and Wartime behaviours

[chukmaty]

The false narrative is in depiction, the horrible events leading up to the rape and death of this girl are an exception and hardly a rule when it comes to the thousands of members of the USMC. Look at the movie, I mean watch it, look at how they are depicted. The commander is fat for effing sake, how many active Marines do you know who are fat?

The Barracks scenes are pathetic, Confederate Flags everywhere... not only is the acting horrible, but the characterization is false.

[delysid22]

You're right ,the american justice didn't ignore the crimes. But where do you see a false narrative, where is the liar ?

In this movie he's studiying the nature of war,army. It's not against US army it's about how a wrong,insane political decision affect soldiers' behaviour on the field

[chukmaty]

No, he is creating a false narrative implicating thousands of people in a terrible situation that we did not ignore as a country, but rather reacted to with swift justice on the perpetrators.

Liars are not courageous, slanderers are the ultimate cowards in fact.

[chukmaty]

1) Not really, are you telling me this is an accurate depiction of Marines? Also, the incident was made to apply to all Marines, he even implies that in his statements.

2) Yes, you bet I am.

3) You would think so. This is why it is shocking for me to see this movie, it is pure filth with no redeeming qualities. Highly unexpected to see something this low brow and this shoddy in quality come from a respected "professional" who indeed has made a few good movies in his time.

[delysid22]

Overall he's a courageous artist because he's saying through his movies what most of us would rather ignore.

And the reactions he get'swith Redacted in his own country show how most of the Us citizens are completly brainwashed by propaganda