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 .

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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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Robert McNamara: [quoting a message from Khrushchev to Kennedy concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis] "We and you ought not pull on the ends of a rope in which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two of us pull the tighter the knot will be tied. And then it will be necessary to cut that knot, and what that would mean is not for me to explain to you. I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction. For such is the logic of war. If people do not display wisdom they will clash like blind moles and then mutual annihilation will commence."
Robert McNamara: I'm not so naive or simplistic to believe we can eliminate war. We're not going to change human nature any time soon. It isn't that we aren't rational. We are rational. But reason has limits. There's a quote from T.S. Eliot that I just love: "We shall not cease from exploring, and at the end of our exploration, we will return to where we started, and know the place for the first time." Now that's in a sense where I'm beginning to be.
Robert McNamara: [Regarding his Medal of Freedom acceptance speech] Had I responded, I would have said, "I know what many of you are thinking. You are thinking this man is duplicitous, you are thinking that he has held things close to his chest, you are thinking that he did not respond fully to the desires and wishes of the American people. And I want to tell you you're wrong. Of course he had personal idiosyncrasies, no question about it. He didn't accept all the advice he was given. On several occasions his associates advised him to be more forthcoming. He wasn't. People didn't understand at that time there were recommendations and pressures that would carry the risk of war with China. And carry the risk of nuclear war. And he was determined to prevent it. I am arguing that he had a reason, in his mind, for doing what he did."

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