20 years after the start of the Iraq War, two Errol Morris documentaries, 'Standard Operating Procedure' and 'The Unknown Known,' have a cumulative power.
If these two films are being reevaluated (and for the record, I never thought they were anything short of excellent), I wonder if time will also be kinder to American Dharma. I recall that received a lot of pushback at the time of its (non-)release, with critics deriding Morris for giving Steve Bannon the attention.
Way late to the party here, and glad someone brought up American Dharma which is worthy of its predecessors in The Fog of War and The Unknown Known, a fascinating and terrifying trilogy documenting the decline of truth and accountability across three administrations. That Bannon watched and was inspired to participate by (while learning absolutely nothing from) The Fog of War is the kind of detail Kiarostami would have dreamt of.
If these two films are being reevaluated (and for the record, I never thought they were anything short of excellent), I wonder if time will also be kinder to American Dharma. I recall that received a lot of pushback at the time of its (non-)release, with critics deriding Morris for giving Steve Bannon the attention.
Way late to the party here, and glad someone brought up American Dharma which is worthy of its predecessors in The Fog of War and The Unknown Known, a fascinating and terrifying trilogy documenting the decline of truth and accountability across three administrations. That Bannon watched and was inspired to participate by (while learning absolutely nothing from) The Fog of War is the kind of detail Kiarostami would have dreamt of.
For a similar double feature, i highly recommend The Fog of War followed by The Most Dangerous Man in America.