StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
Softwing
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
Holstra
Boring, long, and too preachy.
nomoreprejudice
Iraq in Fragments is a documentary film directed by James Longley. Longley shot the film in Digital Video on a Panasonic DVX100 mini DV camcorder. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it won three awards: "Directing Award Documentary", "Editing Award Documentary" and "Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary". The film is also a part of the Iraq Media Action Project film collection. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was shot in Iraq and edited at 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle. This film has three parts to it which describe the viewpoints of Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurdish residents.War Criminal George W. Bush Occupied,plundered and devastated Iraq and unfortunately was not impeached or punished!. What A Shame!.
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Iraq in Fragments is James Longley's "fly on the wall" documentary looking at the in transition Iraqi society broken into three parts and three points of view. 11 year old orphan Mohammed in working class Baghdad; fanatical Shias led to attacks on the mainly Christian liquor sellers by an Islamic cleric; and a Kurdish point of view around Arbil.Aptly titled, the documentary has no familiar cohesive structure that audiences are used to seeing. We're in the midst of a great uprising of the documentary and many of the "rules" of genre are being thrown out the window. This has been, for the most part successful. But for Iraq In Fragments the filmmaker's goal may have been as simple as "Let's go to Iraq, and then just roll tape". Unfortunately this means leads to the same end; a scramble of confused parts that while sometimes breathtaking and always eye opening are simply detrimentally flawed when attempting to convey a clear picture of the situation in Iraq.The big redeeming quality here is the unique and jaw-dropping photography of the state of Iraq which fully immerses it's audience at the street level. Helicopters above, soldiers beside. Sadly, with the exception of a few short sequences, the subtitles draw your eye from the image to the bottom of the frame and keep you worried you're missing something important.The overall feeling that does come across is that to the Iraqi -no matter Shiite, Sunni, or Kurd- the opinion of the occupation is summed in a quote from the film; "They took away one Saddam and brought us one hundred".Iraq In Fragments is now playing at the Uptown Stage & Screen.C Matt Watterworth http://www.theweal.com
janbanke
most docu films I see are less than exceptional in terms of cinema style. this is an exception. in Iraq in Fragments you get both the revelation of Iraq's reality from within society and also the eye of a true filmmaker. exceptional, beautiful work of cinema art and a very important documentary film. i think this film will be a landmark work in future years. this film is returning to something like the time when images were more important than text/language. in other words, this is a film that uses CINEMA language to speak with. it is truly unusual this way, not like any documentary in i saw in a long long time. maybe this is a new direction for documentary film. i hope so.
rainingwaffles
My opinion in a nutshell: it was definitely worth seeing. Lots of great shots inside three incredibly different regions of Iraq, and the film captures many normal Iraqi citizens discussing US occupation and various daily matters. Not surprisingly, there are practically no women shown in the movie.There is no narrative, and, for better or worse, no insight into the differences between the Sunni, Shia, and Kurds.It's nice to see the real people of Iraq, as opposed to the terrorist caricatures created by sensationalist news snippets.In terms of the footage, it appeared to be a mix of film and DV, with good quality the most part with some soft and muddy shots here and there. For the situations captured, the quality of the footage actually seems quite good.Check it out if you get the chance...
