- Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, Copyright © OUTPOST FILMS 2009 — All Rights Reserved. As he put it, “I think this country is ready to deal with its own [expletive].”. Un documentario sui soldati americani inviati nella Valledel Koregal, una delle zone più pericolose dell' Afghanistan.
Their lives were our lives: we did not sit down with their families, we did not interview Afghans, we did not explore geopolitical debates. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. One event was the loss to Battle Company[6] of Army Sgt. Spec. The film chronicles the lives of the men from their deployment to the time of their return home, and begins with video footage of PFC Restrepo on a train one week prior. He had re-enlisted in Afghanistan and planned to stay with his friends in the 173rd Airborne. The longest (ongoing) conflict in US military history. Interesting, but not particularly illuminating until the final caption tells you that the US withdrew from the Korengal Valley in 2010 and that nearly 50 US soldiers died there. © Letterboxd Limited. It is war. documentary, Jason Hall’s Five Favorite Military Films, January 31, 2011 Report this film, ¨My personal low point? You're almost there! Michael Kolton, 28, of Fairfax Station, Va., who commands Company B out of Combat Outpost Monti. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. After his first tour, Pemble-Belkin went home to Hillsboro, Ore., outside Portland, where his parents moved from Detroit when he was a toddler. The two men had talked for several minutes when the actor remarked on the soldier’s composure. It was considered one of … The conclusions are up to you. But then people started liking it, so I was compelled to continue it. |, August 23, 2010 Other soldiers sometimes tease Pemble-Belkin about his big-screen fame, calling him a “war hero,” a term strangers have used in earnest when they meet him. In 2010, Junger and Hetherington released Restrepo, an Oscar-nominated film that chronicled the soldiers’ lives under fire in the area considered to be among the most dangerous in Afghanistan. | Fresh (113) It is a scary, moving and troubling film.
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