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Full Battle Rattle
Tony Gerber, Jesse Moss 2008
Categories: International Spectrum
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Run time: 94 min. | USA | Language: English
Welcome to Medina Wasl, a mock village at the U.S. Army's Iraq simulation training facility in California's Mojave Desert. Here, American soldiers fresh from service in Iraq are cast as insurgents, while real Iraqi exiles play civilians. Tension between soldiers and Iraqi role players, many recent immigrants, hangs thick in the air. Gunfire, explosions, night attacks and ambushes are skillfully scripted to reflect possible battle scenarios on the all-too-real frontlines. Bloodied dummies stand in for collateral damage. Death scenes and memorial services are simulated to enhance the soldiers' training. Filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss offer a startling look at this most unusual "theatre of war" and the effects on its "actors." Full Battle Rattle moves from comic to surreal to poignant, and provides a dead-on allegory for 21st-century war and the play between make-believe and machismo that defines the American war machine.
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9:30 PM     Tue, Apr 22 Cumberland Cinemas 2 + add to cal
4:30 PM     Fri, Apr 25 ROM + add to cal buy tickets
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director
Tony Gerber, Jesse Moss
 
producer
Jesse Moss
Tony Gerber
composer
Paul Brill
cinematographer
Jesse Moss
Tony Gerber
editor
Alex Hall, Pax Wasermann
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Rated 3.0/5 Stars
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Well done in subtly observing the absurdity of training for an absurd war while getting us close with some of the people involved.
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