A Private War evaluation action
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Letitia 2022-03-26 09:01:11
Opponents are really important and Donan really makes people play. Pike Chunhua has a few very good scenes.
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Tressie 2022-03-27 09:01:17
With such a theme, the easiest mistake to make is to be too sensational, and the most taboo is to be too sensational. It seems cheap as soon as the force is exerted, and it is enough to let the facts speak coldly. However, this one started from the middle and back, and finally didn't hold on.
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Title Card: In 1986, Marie Colvin began a career as a war correspondent writing on the frontlines of every major conflict from Iraw to Afghanistan to Syria.
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[first lines]
Interviewer: Last question. Fifty years from now, some youngster's gonna pull this disc out of a box and maybe make a judgment about becoming a journalist. What would you want that youngster to know about Marie Colvin and about being a war correspondent?
Marie Colvin: Very difficult question. It's like writing, uh, your own obituary. I suppose to look back at it and say, you know, I cared enough to go to these places and write, in some way, something that would make, uh, someone else care as much about it as I did at the time. Part of it is you're never gonna get to where you're going if you acknowledge fear. I think fear comes later,
[realization chuckle]
Marie Colvin: when it's all over.