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Heavy Metal in Baghdad (2008)

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Heavy with guilt
by lmstanley in lmstanley Blog

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"Watching Heavy Metal in Baghdad left me heavy with guilt over the Iraq war. It's not so much that this movie is anti-American in any way...but I think that for the most part, I feel guilty over the fact that I didn't have a true perspective how the war affects Iraqi civilians. This film shows you life in a post-Saddam Iraq where the citizens are caught between the Americans and the insurgency. With no where to go, this films travels the lives of heavy metal band members as they fight to make a living and pursue their music all while trying to just stay alive. I’d really love to figure out where these guys are today. I’m wondering how these past two years since the movie was made has changed these guys’ fortune. I’d love " [More]

Bombs Over Baghdad: Heavy Metal ...
by seely in seely

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"I thought I knew what to expect when I heard our office movie was going to be "Heavy Metal in Baghdad". I'll admit it--I'm suffering heavily from war-coverage burnout, and to sit through two hours of war and political propoganda did not hold any appeal. The film surprised me. It was largely non-political, and seemed intent on telling the story of Arracussidia, Baghdad's only heavy metal band to date. The film put a human face on the Iraqi civilians caught in the midst of war. The passion of the band for their music and for their country was moving, to say the least. The hardships Arracussidia had to overcome to play just six shows (over the course of several years!), and the risks that both they and their fans took really gave perspective to our freedoms we take for granted. We balk at a $15 ticket, when really we should be amazed we even have the option of going to see a band at all. For so many of us, music is just something to put on when we are at work or cleaning the hou ... " [More]

dont' change the channel
by magrebi in magrebi Blog

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"I wish I could remember the names of the guys that make up Acrassicauda, given that I'm somewhat horrible with names I'm not even going to try. Eddy Moretti (got that name right) the director, sets out to make a documentary about a metal group in Baghdad, and in doing so he does a great job of showing the viewer the passion that these men have to play their music to the backdrop of complete chaos and devastating violence. If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Metal music in a war zone? Fitting. To some degree these guys are more legit than Slipknot or Slayer (yes, I said it). Not that you need an excuse to play your music, but after watching this film it almost make me feel guilty for making excuses for my "hard" or "complicated" life and it makes me wonder about the legitimacy of Slipknot screaming about some girl or satan or whatever they sing about these days. I really liked this film because the unique story Moretti tells, but what really drew me in was that it put a f ... " [More]

Heavy Metal in Baghdad
by csprague in Bloggity Blah Blah Blog

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"Heavy Metal in Baghdad delivered an unexpectedly candid look inside the war zone and all the people who are caught in the middle of a conflict that has nothing to do with them. There are no sides in the war for them, just fear, paranoia, chaos, and death. Their lives are destroyed along with the society, culture, and neighborhoods in which they grew up. It's so hard to honestly take in the amount of hopelessness and contempt a lot of people wrestle with everyday. It's their music that keeps them from turning into the thing they hate and they openly admit it. It's as if art tempers the chaos; makes the darkness manageable. We watch a lot of Iraq war docs here at Spout, but this one seems so much more important simple because it's about people and not administrations. I think it's our best shot at becoming involved with our global neighbors, to see them and be with them and join them in their context. I will certainly vote for change abroad, but I wonder what it might do to connect d ... " [More]

Blogging Berlin 02/14/08
by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog

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"Jurgen Fauth has nothing but praise for Heavy Metal in Baghdad (we felt pretty much the same when we saw it in Toronto), the screening of which, Jurgen says, “was so oversold that I ended up in the front row, effectively watching a distorted fun house mirror version of Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti’s documentary.” “Most of the European critics came down pretty hard on Petri Kotwica’s Black Ice, a film in competition from Finland,” notes Filmbrain, “But I found this deliciously dark drama about dangerous deceptions to be a good bit of trashy fun.” Mr. Grant is far less enthusiastic about In Love We Trust and Just Anybody. Daniel Kasman is not entirely sold on Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg, but he concedes “Maddi " [More]

Blogging Berlin 02/14/08
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

hasn't rated it.

FilmCouch #38
by paul in paul on spout.com

loved it.

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"Movies are a great way to explore the risk we never took. INTO THE WILD opens tonight, Sean Penn shares the story of first reading the book from an interview in Telluride. We also look at THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), starring Harrison Ford, and what these films tell us about breaking from civilization and doing the unthinkable. Karina interviews the makers of HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and it becomes clear why she wrote “I don???t care how tired of Iraq documentaries you think you are???you need to see Heavy Metal in Baghdad.” FilmCouch #38 Subscribe in the iTunes store and a new free episode will download every Friday. Into the Wild, The Mosquito Coast, Heavy Met " [More]

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