No End in Sight
starring: Campbell Scott, Gerald Burke, Ali Fadhil, Omar Fekeiki, Robert Hutchings
directed by: Charles Ferguson
directed by: Charles Ferguson
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Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm EntRelease Date: 11/25/2008Run time: 102 minutesRating: Nr
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A staggering portrait of arrogance and incompetence, the documentary NoEnd in Sight avoids the question of why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003,choosing instead to focus on the war's aftermath--and meticulously examinethe chain of decisions that led Iraq into a grotesque state of lawlessnessand civil war. Drawing from interviews with top generals, administrationofficials, journalists, and soldiers who were in the thick of the waritself, No End in Sight lays out a gripping story, as suspensefulas any Hollywood movie, accompanied by terrifying footage of firefightsand explosions more vivid than any special effects. Unfortunately, thereis no happy ending. If the documentary has a weakness, it's the shortageof voices trying to defend the administration policies (perhapsunsurprisingly, policymakers like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and PaulWolfowitz declined to be interviewed). But the testimony (presented byadministration insiders and officials in Iraq, both military and civilian)argues that, despite contrary analysis and experienced advice against itsactions, the top brass of the Bush administration made decisions (thataggravated already existing problems and created devastating new ones.No End in Sight builds its case one voice at a time and avoids thegrandstanding that undercuts Michael Moore's work; instead, the gradualaccumulation of simple facts--presented with weary resignation, earnestoutrage, and restrained anger--results in a compelling condemnation of oneof the worst blunders the U.S. has ever made. --Bret Fetzer
Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm EntRelease Date: 11/25/2008Run time: 102 minutesRating: Nr
Amazon.com:
A staggering portrait of arrogance and incompetence, the documentary NoEnd in Sight avoids the question of why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003,choosing instead to focus on the war's aftermath--and meticulously examinethe chain of decisions that led Iraq into a grotesque state of lawlessnessand civil war. Drawing from interviews with top generals, administrationofficials, journalists, and soldiers who were in the thick of the waritself, No End in Sight lays out a gripping story, as suspensefulas any Hollywood movie, accompanied by terrifying footage of firefightsand explosions more vivid than any special effects. Unfortunately, thereis no happy ending. If the documentary has a weakness, it's the shortageof voices trying to defend the administration policies (perhapsunsurprisingly, policymakers like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and PaulWolfowitz declined to be interviewed). But the testimony (presented byadministration insiders and officials in Iraq, both military and civilian)argues that, despite contrary analysis and experienced advice against itsactions, the top brass of the Bush administration made decisions (thataggravated already existing problems and created devastating new ones.No End in Sight builds its case one voice at a time and avoids thegrandstanding that undercuts Michael Moore's work; instead, the gradualaccumulation of simple facts--presented with weary resignation, earnestoutrage, and restrained anger--results in a compelling condemnation of oneof the worst blunders the U.S. has ever made. --Bret Fetzer
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- Must See!
Every U.S. Citizen must see this documentary from filmmaker Charles Ferguson if you want to have an educated opinion regarding the War in Iraq.Also, please review Charles Ferguson's biography on the Council on Foreign Relations website at www.cfr.or/bios/10786, to check his credentials - impressive.
Rating: - "We will bring the Iraqi people food and medicine and supplies and freedom"
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The title of this review is actually a quotation by President George W. Bush found in some archival news footage near the end of this powerful documentary.
This is a documentary film about America's occupation of Iraq.It focuses generally on the two-year period following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and particularly with the period of a few months in the spring and summer of 2003. It asserts that serious mistakes made by the Bush administration during this ... Read More
Rating: 
- No End In Sight...
All the folks that actually served on the front speak here - and it just underscores the ignorance of Bush and his party - mowing fervently ahead full of their rightness.
Rating: - The Devastating Inside Story On Iraq, From Those Who Were There
Just when it seemed that documentaries about 9/11 and the Iraq war had played themselves out, along comes writer/director Charles Ferguson's devastating and insightful NO END IN SIGHT.Where FAHRENHEIT 9/11 had basically nailed the Bush cabal for lying about the reasons America went to war in Iraq, and many other documentaries skewered the news media for basically being in bed with the administration, Ferguson probes into what was and was NOT going on in Iraq before, during, and after the invasion; ... Read More
Rating: - Well done look at the Iraq war and aftermath
This is a very interesting documentary that focuses on the Second Iraq War and the immediate aftermath. I must not have been paying close attention to the news when these events unfolded, because much of it was new to me. It is a very balanced look (not Michael Moore-style at all) that focuses on interviews with military, political and civilian institutions that were there, and how the decision making took place.
This documentary doesn't pass judgment on whether going to Iraq in the first ... Read More
- Must See!Every U.S. Citizen must see this documentary from filmmaker Charles Ferguson if you want to have an educated opinion regarding the War in Iraq.Also, please review Charles Ferguson's biography on the Council on Foreign Relations website at www.cfr.or/bios/10786, to check his credentials - impressive.
- "We will bring the Iraqi people food and medicine and supplies and freedom"XXXXX
The title of this review is actually a quotation by President George W. Bush found in some archival news footage near the end of this powerful documentary.
This is a documentary film about America's occupation of Iraq.It focuses generally on the two-year period following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and particularly with the period of a few months in the spring and summer of 2003. It asserts that serious mistakes made by the Bush administration during this ... Read More
- No End In Sight...All the folks that actually served on the front speak here - and it just underscores the ignorance of Bush and his party - mowing fervently ahead full of their rightness.
- The Devastating Inside Story On Iraq, From Those Who Were ThereJust when it seemed that documentaries about 9/11 and the Iraq war had played themselves out, along comes writer/director Charles Ferguson's devastating and insightful NO END IN SIGHT.Where FAHRENHEIT 9/11 had basically nailed the Bush cabal for lying about the reasons America went to war in Iraq, and many other documentaries skewered the news media for basically being in bed with the administration, Ferguson probes into what was and was NOT going on in Iraq before, during, and after the invasion; ... Read More
- Well done look at the Iraq war and aftermathThis is a very interesting documentary that focuses on the Second Iraq War and the immediate aftermath. I must not have been paying close attention to the news when these events unfolded, because much of it was new to me. It is a very balanced look (not Michael Moore-style at all) that focuses on interviews with military, political and civilian institutions that were there, and how the decision making took place.
This documentary doesn't pass judgment on whether going to Iraq in the first ... Read More
