The Fog of War:
Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
Saturday
2:25 PM - 4:15 PM
Directed By Errol Morris
Starring Robert S. McNamara
Jordan's Comment: "A disturbingly intimate portrait of Robert S. McNamara, America's Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War. McNamara is (depending on your view) either a brilliant military strategist or a war criminal. Or maybe he's both. The Fog of War consists of interviews with McNamara, now 85, organized into 'lessons' about modern warfare.
I'm starting a tradition of showing at least one documentary at each JRFF - see The Film Festival Experience for my reasons. This is a great documentary with which to start that tradition."
Trivia: Director Errol Morris invented
a device called the "Interrotron" for this film. Essentially a camera
with mirrors, the Interrotron allows the interview subject (in this case,
McNamara) to look directly into the camera and see the interviewer (Morris)
rather than the camera, so the subject is more relaxed and conversational. To
the viewers, it looks like the subject is looking directly at them via the
camera.