Why we fight documentary

More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. He may have been the ultimate icon of s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex," foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.

It is nowhere written that the American empire goes on forever. Rated PG for disturbing war images and brief language. Did you know Edit. Quotes Joseph Cirincione : In some ways, the military-industrial complex may become so pervasive that it is now invisible. User reviews Review. Top review. More successful than Fahrenheit This is truly a remarkable film. In its subtlety, and its poetry it outshines "..

While Moore's film remains an extraordinary piece of work - the criticisms could be spun by the right as a 'liberal rant' - largely due to Moore's obvious, and justified frustration. Why we Fight presents a lyrical and devastatingly haunting portrait of a system that has failed the west - specifically America - time and time again in a repeating cycle.

The narrative carefully builds an historical context for the present administration's actions, and unfolds a story of how Americans, even the most staunch supporters of Bush's policies, have gradually learnt that they've been lied to, lied about and then lied to again as the administration is called on to answer for their lies.

With extraordinary research, and some incredible interview contributors, the facts are again repeated - indeed, they gain, perhaps even greater impact because of the historical context - and the warnings of past leaders. It is above all a film which at once makes you terribly sad - and frustrated. But the surprise - for me at least - was that my anger became levelled not so much at the arrogance of our governments, and those in the positions of power - but at the stupefying inaction of the voting public.

I need only direct you to another of the 'reviews' of this film to underline just how poisoned the populous is, and just how stupid people have allowed themselves to become. My only frustration about this is that I can only imagine what the snowballing effects of this film might have been had it been allowed to swiftly follow 'Fahrenheit '.

Details Edit. Release date January United States. Sony Classics United States. English Arabic. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 38 minutes. Black and White Color. Dolby Digital. Related news.

Sep 27 ScreenDaily. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. See the gallery. The Rise of Will Smith. Watch the video. Recently viewed Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. The story of Sekzer is new, and suited to film. Much of the rest of "Why We Fight" says things that can be said as well or better in print, and have been.

This doesn't need to be a film. There are other disillusioned people in the documentary, in particular Lt. Kwiatkowski, who resigned from the Pentagon because she witnessed military officers being vetoed by outside consultants whose loyalty was to the defense contractors who employed them. One watches "Why We Fight," and nods, and sighs, and leaves. What it says should concern us, but apparently it does not.

The film observes that some defense contracts are cleverly planned to spread the government wealth among as many states as possible; some weapons systems have suppliers in all 50 states, and woe to the elected official of either party who votes against them. Shouldn't it be obvious that a legislator who votes against government spending in his own district must have given the matter a lot of thought, and be courageous, and perhaps even correct?

That's a useful thought. But it's not news, and when documentaries like "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" contain fresh and shocking information, a film like "Why We Fight" is not very necessary. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Wilton Sekzer. William Solomon. Richard Perle. Dwight Eisenhower. Chalmers Johnson. William Kristol. Charles Lewis. Reviews Preaching to the choir.

Roger Ebert February 16, A scene from the documentary "Why We Fight," which argues that the United States is permanently on the edge of war because it ignored Eisenhower's warnings of a "vast military-industrial complex. Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing.