The Fog of War

The Fog of War

  • Director: Errol Morris
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 5, 2004
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: The McNamara Project
  • The Fog of War is a 95-minute war documentary directed by Errol Morris . The film was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 21, 2003.
    The film documents former US Defense Secretary Robert Strange McNamara 's deep introspection on the war during the Vietnam War, reminding the George Walker Bush administration not to play with fire easily   .

    Details

    • Release date March 5, 2004
    • Filming locations California, USA
    • Production companies Sony Pictures Classics, RadicalMedia, SenArt Films

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $4,198,566

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $41,449

    Gross worldwide

    $5,038,841

    Movie reviews

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    • By Bryana 2022-03-20 08:01:25

      Digging through the fog, silently looking for my way. .

      Disadvantages: He is quite partial to McNamara, and he is the only one in the film to state his views, and occasionally add questions from the questioner. From his point of view alone, it is somewhat objective.
        
        Objectivity: The director should have spent a lot of thought and listened to a lot of historical recordings to piece together the entire history based on McNamara's narrative. But it still only supports his point of view. In particular, Mcamara said a few photos can...

    • By Brady 2022-03-20 08:01:25

      Every old man is a history book, and this is one of the most wonderful

      Decades of life, personally experienced more or less major events/sights. Every elderly person can have more time to think and summarize their past life.
      And Robert McNamara's life is indeed one of the most wonderful. As a World War II veteran, as Ford's chief strategist, and as the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and after his final retirement, as the president of the World Bank, what he has experienced is unimaginable to us ordinary people.

      By the way, the 38-minute interviews...

    • By Gail 2022-03-20 08:01:25

      What does the documentary record?

      I rarely watch documentaries, and I always find it to be a boring statement, perhaps because of bad history. This film shattered my perception and cognition of documentaries over the past 20 years.
      The film tells the main life experience of a US Secretary of Defense, and his life experience has also brought a lot of influence to the history of the United States. Without discussing the right and wrong, there is no way to give it objectively.
      His life has summed up 11 lessons for us....

    • By Kayden 2022-03-20 08:01:25

      "Never Say Never"

      "Never say never"
      by Qianwuqian

            Our generation has never experienced war, but the word fog of war is never absent in our lives, and now it refers to the invisible setting of the computer in the battle game The area of ​​​​the game will be covered with black fog that the player has never explored before. This setting also makes the game on both sides more exciting, because the fog means that no one can know the intention of the other party. Maybe Inadvertently, there will be...

    • By Shannon 2022-03-20 08:01:25

      fog of war notes

      McNamara served as president of Ford Motor, Secretary of Defense for two U.S. presidents, and president of the World Bank. He was also the chief decision-maker and executor of the Vietnam War. The Harvard background makes him better at analyzing causes and adjusting strategies from outcome data. He speaks bluntly about the harm that the war has done to civilians and admits that his position has resulted in a large number of civilian deaths.

      The documentary summarizes McNamara’s eleven...

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    Background creation

    The Fog of War is subtitled "Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert McNamara". These 11 lessons about national policy, military strategy, and even government public relations come from McNamara, a World War II field commander, former Ford Motor Company CEO, and former Kennedy and Johnson administration The Secretary of Defense's own account of his own experience   even includes his covert support for the mutineers during the Vietnam...
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    Movie quotes

    • Robert McNamara: [referring to auto accident research at Cornell Aeronautical Lab] They said "the main problem is packaging." They said "you buy eggs and you know how eggs come in a carton?"

      [...]

      Robert McNamara: So Cornell said "they don't break because they're packaged properly. Now if we package people in cars the same way, we could reduce the breakage."

    • Lyndon Johnson: Nobody really understands what it is out there.

      [in Vietnam]

      Lyndon Johnson: And they're asking questions and saying why don't we do more. Well, I think this: You can have more war, or you can have more appeasement. But we don't want more of either.

    • Robert McNamara: In the end, it was luck. We were *this* close to nuclear war, and luck prevented it.