Christopher Bradley,
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"Standard Operating Procedure" provides an examination of the unintended consequences of the Iraqi war with a focus on events at Abu Ghraib prison which began to appear in global media in 2004. The pr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 14, 2008
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January 11, 2009Errol Morris tries a different style in this one. The interviewees don't look straight into the camera (his signature shot), but it's also not a film about backwoods hillbillies or pet cemeteries. The subject matter is intriguing, and it's cool to get testimonies of the prison ...( read more)
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October 14, 2008What's in a picture? They say its worth a thousand words, but how many words are worth what's not in a picture. How about thousand of pictures? That conundrum is one of the major foci of Errol Morris, the eccentric genius documentarian's new project, Standard Operating Procedure....( read more)
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July 7, 2008Morris uses surprisingly candid interviews to construct an essay on the painfully abstract nature of truth and intentions, the best and worst of which came to light in Abu Ghraib.
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April 17, 2009Errol Morris is officially the Kubrick of the documentary.
The "director-detective's" latest visual assault is a kinetic meditation on the arcane nature of images in the digital age. Through his trademark craft --combinations of dazzling cinematic reenactments, first-person c...( read more) -
December 28, 2008The great thing about Errol Morris documentaries is the simplicity of them. He relies on the story to inform and entertain. Here he goes deep to find out the story behind the Abu Ghraib prison. I know this wasn't spose to be a comedy, but fuck I was laughing a lot. These fuck s...( read more)
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February 1, 2010This movie consisted - at its core - of interviews with most of the soldiers involved, and those interviews were both entertaining and enlightening. However the movie should have been shorter; it could easily have done without the dramatizations and other filler.
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August 28, 2009after seeing some of the pictures being shown to the world. I still couldn't figure out why the Americans still don't understand the reason the people all over the world hate them.. the worst thing is seeing Bush still alive doing all his shit where he should be hanged back then ...( read more)
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August 17, 2009Feb 09 - Very essential and important historically and politically. But as a documentary, I expected a deeper view of things from Errol Morris.
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Critic Reviews
May 30, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
May 9, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Morris widens our understanding of the real crimes that took place there. This is where the movie becomes not just a slant on history but also a vehicle for broadening our understanding. full review
May 2, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Completely unlike anything I was expecting from such a film -- more disturbing, analytical and morose. full review
May 2, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The movie's a staggering work that traces the rotten blossom of this scandal close to its roots. full review
April 25, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Standard Operating Procedure's subject matter, and what it says about the war in Iraq, is eye-opening. It may be the most disturbing film you'll see in a long time. full review
April 25, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
those hoping to see Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz - if not President Bush - get a cinematic racking in Standard Operating Procedure are going to be disappointed. full review
April 23, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Standard Operating Procedure is a documentary debacle. full review
April 21, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
See Standard Operating Procedure for its riveting narrative, for the way it keeps looping back -- to the swirls of Danny Elfman's night music -- to the basement of Abu Ghraib. full review
April 21, 2008
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
A semiotics-tinged investigation into the nature of images themselves: how the contents, arrangement, and manipulation of the frame all affect interpretation and help define meaning. full review
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