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American Sniper: art or pro-war propaganda?

 

 

American Sniper Emits 'Foul Odor' of Propaganda (Liberation, France)

 

"Yet your method of simplifying history and turning your character into a legend in a binary world is disturbing. Unlike Paul Greengrass' Green Zone, American Sniper does nothing to address the issue of the lie that led to this war, preferring to celebrate its hero. You cannot therefore avoid the suspicion that this is a propaganda film. But perhaps you take that as a compliment. Good for you."

 

By David Carzon

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Translated By Martyn Fogg

 

February 19, 2015

 

France – Liberation – Original Article (French)

Dear Mr. Eastwood - I say Mr. and not Clint in order to clarify very quickly the respect I have for you and your work; or at least partly, because, like some of your more recent films, American Sniper emits a foul odor. I must be wary of making biased statements - because I am French - about this product of America. We don't have the same culture and are unable to understand American cinema’s obsession with revenge, defense of the country, the construction of myths emanating from simple men or the fabrication of threats the better to eliminate them. The incredible box office success of your film on your side of the Atlantic shows that the American public subscribes to your sentiments. We can salute this capacity of American filmmakers to seize on their contemporary history and put it in pictures. France cannot say as much.

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American Sniper: 'Eroticism of War' Rankles Critics (Corriere Della Sera, Italy)

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Nevertheless, something essential is missing from you're rendering of the war in Iraq through the true story of sniper Chris Kyle. Daily life in conflict, the dilemma of a man in the face of horror, barbarity and post-traumatic stress is certainly present and one cannot accuse you of magnifying the war.

 

Yet your method of simplifying history and turning your character into a legend in a binary world is disturbing. Unlike Paul Greengrass' Green Zone, American Sniper does nothing to address the issue of the lie that led to this war, preferring to celebrate its hero. You cannot therefore avoid the suspicion that this is a propaganda film. But perhaps you take that as a compliment. Good for you.

 

 

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[Posted By Worldmeets.US February 19, 2015, 6:59pm]

 

 

 

 

 

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