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Author: Griffin Marvin

The Fog of War
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The Fog of War

Griffin MarvinNovember 7, 2021April 6, 2023

For his award-winning documentary The Fog of War, an exploration of the moral complexities of war and those who wage it, Errol Morris found the perfect subject in Robert S. McNamara

Documentary For Sama (2019)
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Documentary For Sama (2019)

Griffin MarvinFebruary 16, 2021April 6, 2023

“For Sama” is the story of a young Syrian woman named Vaad, who is making a documentary for her young daughter, even though it began in 2012

Definition of a war movie
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Definition of a war movie

Griffin MarvinJanuary 4, 2021April 6, 2023

Developing a common definition of a war film is problematic. Sometimes films are called “war films” even if they do not take place in combat.

“Last Days” 1998
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“Last Days” 1998

Griffin MarvinSeptember 22, 2020April 6, 2023

Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation is recording as many memories as possible from those who saw the tragedy with their own eyes.

Technologies
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Technologies

Griffin MarvinSeptember 9, 2020April 6, 2023

The development of sound, color, and the widescreen process changed the way war looked on screen, increasing the ability for Hollywood filmmakers to work on a wider canvas with greater realism.

Shoah by Claude Lanzmann
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Shoah by Claude Lanzmann

Griffin MarvinAugust 18, 2020April 6, 2023

Any detailed mention of Shoah is inextricably linked to the name of its creator, who for his work alone has become one of the most respected documentary filmmakers of the era.

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War documentaries have been telling the story of the realities of armed conflict since the beginning of the film industry, when Thomas Edison's film company began producing films about the Spanish-American War in 1898. Since then, these war stories have explored themes of community, survival, sacrifice, pride, the inhumanity of humanity, the social upheaval that war has caused to society, and the moral and ethical issues that armed conflict raises.

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