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Year: 2007
Director: Jesse Moss
Plot: Before American soldiers are deployed to Iraq, they're given special training at the National Training Center on the Ft. Irwin Military Reservation, located in California's Mojave Desert. The National Training Center has constructed a simulated Iraqi village called Medina Wasl in the desert, where new soldiers battle "insurgents" (played by returning U.S. troops) and interact with "ordinary citizens" (many portrayed by Iraqi exiles who've ended up in the United States) as they learn the ins and outs of combat in the Middle East. Filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss follow Lt. Col. Robert McLaughlin as he drums the art of war into his charges in Full Battle Rattle, a documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes look at Medina Wasl, the soldiers who learn there, the people who organize the war games and the people who've been hired to play-act at being the "enemy." Full Battle Rattle received its world premiere as an official entry at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:14:53 GMTFull Battle Rattle2007Jesse MossBefore American soldiers are deployed to Iraq, they're given special training at the National Training Center on the Ft. Irwin Military Reservation, located in California's Mojave Desert. The National Training Center has constructed a simulated Iraqi village called Medina Wasl in the desert, where new soldiers battle "insurgents" (played by returning U.S. troops) and interact with "ordinary citizens" (many portrayed by Iraqi exiles who've ended up in the United States) as they learn the ins and outs of combat in the Middle East. Filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss follow Lt. Col. Robert McLaughlin as he drums the art of war into his charges in Full Battle Rattle, a documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes look at Medina Wasl, the soldiers who learn there, the people who organize the war games and the people who've been hired to play-act at being the "enemy." Full Battle Rattle received its world premiere as an official entry at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide14Tag Target (>10)24http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s360901.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Full_Battle_Rattle/360901/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/7/10/32392.aspx Post By: Karina
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Body: The Sheffield DocFest has put out a preview of their 2008 lineup. The festival launched a number of sidebars last year based on theme––Green, Sports, Music, etc––and this year, they’re adding two more: Kinky Docs, described as “a celebration of sex and its representation in documentary”; and “Regime Change,” timed to capitalize on the US presidential election, which will have just ended the day before Sheffield begins (assuming there’s no need for a recount). Familiar titles on the latter sidebar include Full Battle Battle, Bulletproof Salesman and the recently-acquired Front Runners. Highlights from the preview after the jump. This Kinky Docs premiere sounds amazing: WorldRevolution (dir. Klaus Hundsbichler) UK PremiereWorldRevolution is the story of Stefan Weber and his cult Viennese rock band Drahdiwarbel, their rise to fame, Austrian politics and Stefan’s pet chicken. The Green panel will showcase Sundance hit Flow: For the Love of Water, as well as Paul Devlin’s Blast!, in which the filmmaker’s brother “leads an international team of astrophysicists from the Arctic to the Antarctic to launch a revolutionary telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. No less than the origins of the Universe are at stake on this risky scientific adventure that seeks to answer humankind’s most basic question ‘how did we get here?’” And on the Anti-Doc strand––dedicated to supporting “‘documentaries with bite’ that challenge the form of traditional documentary filmmaking and deliver messages through unconventional modes”––Sheffield will screen Peace With Seals. The synopsis: The central question, “Why did the seal disappear from the Mediterranean?” is an interesting one, but helmer Miloslav Novak and scribe Ferdinand Pitrosu aren’t interested so much in answering it as they are in following around an affable Italian filmmaker named Emanuele Coppola. This indulgent and fanciful film follows the trio as they blunder from Sardinia to Turkey using seal Trojan horses and night vision cameras. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:00:49 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog7/10/2008 11:00:49 AMThe Sheffield DocFest has put out a preview of their 2008 lineup. The festival launched a number of sidebars last year based on theme––Green, Sports, Music, etc––and this year, they’re adding two more: Kinky Docs, described as “a celebration of sex and its representation in documentary”; and “Regime Change,” timed to capitalize on the US presidential election, which will have just ended the day before Sheffield begins (assuming there’s no need for a recount). Familiar titles on the latter sidebar include Full Battle Battle, Bulletproof Salesman and the recently-acquired Front Runners. Highlights from the preview after the jump. This Kinky Docs premiere sounds amazing: WorldRevolution (dir. Klaus Hundsbichler) UK PremiereWorldRevolution is the story of Stefan Weber and his cult Viennese rock band Drahdiwarbel, their rise to fame, Austrian politics and Stefan’s pet chicken. The Green panel will showcase Sundance hit Flow: For the Love of Water, as well as Paul Devlin’s Blast!, in which the filmmaker’s brother “leads an international team of astrophysicists from the Arctic to the Antarctic to launch a revolutionary telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. No less than the origins of the Universe are at stake on this risky scientific adventure that seeks to answer humankind’s most basic question ‘how did we get here?’” And on the Anti-Doc strand––dedicated to supporting “‘documentaries with bite’ that challenge the form of traditional documentary filmmaking and deliver messages through unconventional modes”––Sheffield will screen Peace With Seals. The synopsis: The central question, “Why did the seal disappear from the Mediterranean?” is an interesting one, but helmer Miloslav Novak and scribe Ferdinand Pitrosu aren’t interested so much in answering it as they are in following around an affable Italian filmmaker named Emanuele Coppola. This indulgent and fanciful film follows the trio as they blunder from Sardinia to Turkey using seal Trojan horses and night vision cameras. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/10/32391.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: The Sheffield DocFest has put out a preview of their 2008 lineup. The festival launched a number of sidebars last year based on theme––Green, Sports, Music, etc––and this year, they’re adding two more: Kinky Docs, described as “a celebration of sex and its representation in documentary”; and “Regime Change,” timed to capitalize on the US presidential election, which will have just ended the day before Sheffield begins (assuming there’s no need for a recount). Familiar titles on the latter sidebar include Full Battle Battle, Bulletproof Salesman and the recently-acquired Front Runners. Highlights from the preview after the jump. This Kinky Docs premiere sounds amazing: WorldRevolution (dir. Klaus Hundsbichler) UK PremiereWorldRevolution is the story of Stefan Weber and his cult Viennese rock band Drahdiwarbel, their rise to fame, Austrian politics and Stefan’s pet chicken. The Green panel will showcase Sundance hit Flow: For the Love of Water, as well as Paul Devlin’s Blast!, in which the filmmaker’s brother “leads an international team of astrophysicists from the Arctic to the Antarctic to launch a revolutionary telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. No less than the origins of the Universe are at stake on this risky scientific adventure that seeks to answer humankind’s most basic question ‘how did we get here?’” And on the Anti-Doc strand––dedicated to supporting “‘documentaries with bite’ that challenge the form of traditional documentary filmmaking and deliver messages through unconventional modes”––Sheffield will screen Peace With Seals. The synopsis: The central question, “Why did the seal disappear from the Mediterranean?” is an interesting one, but helmer Miloslav Novak and scribe Ferdinand Pitrosu aren’t interested so much in answering it as they are in following around an affable Italian filmmaker named Emanuele Coppola. This indulgent and fanciful film follows the trio as they blunder from Sardinia to Turkey using seal Trojan horses and night vision cameras. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:00:40 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/10/2008 11:00:40 AMThe Sheffield DocFest has put out a preview of their 2008 lineup. The festival launched a number of sidebars last year based on theme––Green, Sports, Music, etc––and this year, they’re adding two more: Kinky Docs, described as “a celebration of sex and its representation in documentary”; and “Regime Change,” timed to capitalize on the US presidential election, which will have just ended the day before Sheffield begins (assuming there’s no need for a recount). Familiar titles on the latter sidebar include Full Battle Battle, Bulletproof Salesman and the recently-acquired Front Runners. Highlights from the preview after the jump. This Kinky Docs premiere sounds amazing: WorldRevolution (dir. Klaus Hundsbichler) UK PremiereWorldRevolution is the story of Stefan Weber and his cult Viennese rock band Drahdiwarbel, their rise to fame, Austrian politics and Stefan’s pet chicken. The Green panel will showcase Sundance hit Flow: For the Love of Water, as well as Paul Devlin’s Blast!, in which the filmmaker’s brother “leads an international team of astrophysicists from the Arctic to the Antarctic to launch a revolutionary telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. No less than the origins of the Universe are at stake on this risky scientific adventure that seeks to answer humankind’s most basic question ‘how did we get here?’” And on the Anti-Doc strand––dedicated to supporting “‘documentaries with bite’ that challenge the form of traditional documentary filmmaking and deliver messages through unconventional modes”––Sheffield will screen Peace With Seals. The synopsis: The central question, “Why did the seal disappear from the Mediterranean?” is an interesting one, but helmer Miloslav Novak and scribe Ferdinand Pitrosu aren’t interested so much in answering it as they are in following around an affable Italian filmmaker named Emanuele Coppola. This indulgent and fanciful film follows the trio as they blunder from Sardinia to Turkey using seal Trojan horses and night vision cameras. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/14/26234.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: 2008 SXSW Special Jury Prize winning documentary Full Battle Rattle manages to find a unique way to examine the War in Iraq. Rather than bring their cameras into an actual war zone, they decided to look at a simulated war zone, the U.S. Army’s training facility in the Mojave Desert. I talked to directors Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss about finding a way to elicit both outrage and admiration. See a full review of the film here. Full Battle Rattle Interview Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:01:16 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/14/2008 7:01:16 PM 2008 SXSW Special Jury Prize winning documentary Full Battle Rattle manages to find a unique way to examine the War in Iraq. Rather than bring their cameras into an actual war zone, they decided to look at a simulated war zone, the U.S. Army’s training facility in the Mojave Desert. I talked to directors Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss about finding a way to elicit both outrage and admiration. See a full review of the film here. Full Battle Rattle Interview Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/11/26087.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Sometime last year, the term “Iraq fatigue” was coined to describe the unwillingness of festival audiences and box office patrons to engage with the glut of Iraq documentaries being made. I would call Full Battle Rattle a post-fatigue film. Rather than focus on the battle field, the administration’s failed policies, or the diplomatic fallout of illegal rendition and torture, the film examines a model Iraqi town in the Mojave desert used to train troops before deployment. By looking at a simulation of the violence and political strife, directors Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss are able to engage subjects that would otherwise be too politically divisive to find an audience on both sides of the political divide. The film is a surprising mix of what could be read as surreal and biting commentary on the American war machine on the one hand, and a loving portrait of honorable soldiers on the other. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:00:57 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/11/2008 2:00:57 PM Sometime last year, the term “Iraq fatigue” was coined to describe the unwillingness of festival audiences and box office patrons to engage with the glut of Iraq documentaries being made. I would call Full Battle Rattle a post-fatigue film. Rather than focus on the battle field, the administration’s failed policies, or the diplomatic fallout of illegal rendition and torture, the film examines a model Iraqi town in the Mojave desert used to train troops before deployment. By looking at a simulation of the violence and political strife, directors Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss are able to engage subjects that would otherwise be too politically divisive to find an audience on both sides of the political divide. The film is a surprising mix of what could be read as surreal and biting commentary on the American war machine on the one hand, and a loving portrait of honorable soldiers on the other. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/war/MemberTagFilms.aspxwar
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