United 93
Quite simply, essential viewing. It's remarkably restrained and completely gut-wrenching at the same time, as it turns from a dull morning into a nightmare in the office for the air traffic control to Das Boot on a plane at the end. When I was watching that Family Friend movie I got the impression that no-one cared if the film was any good and they all just wanted to get to the end of the shooting script. But the film-makers here worked with the surviving family members and you can tell they had a palpable obligation to do a good job. It's a remarkable document and an outstanding film. And the only DVD I've ever watched where the bonus materials make you blub.
posted by Chairman Peyote @ 2:15 PM
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I thought this was a really sympathetic movie too... I found myself on the edge of my (overpriced -- I saw it when it first came out) seat even though I knew how it all ended.
Remarkable really given that I thought Paul Greengrass was just a big fat Matt Damon-loving hack. How many more auteurs are concealed in the studio system I wonder? Does that mean that Shatner could be an undiscovered Truffaut?
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