Echoing the recent comments of co-star Jay Hernandez (see “Jay Hernandez Pulls Back Curtain On Oliver Stone’s 9/11 Movie“), Gyllenhaal and Henke praised the dedication of Cage and the other actors, but he insisted that Stone’s obsession with getting the tone right has trumped them all. “It’s just been a great experience working with Oliver Stone,” Henke marveled. “I can’t describe what a great director he is. He creates the tension on the set for you, but he’s also so helpful and nurturing when he directs you.”"When we were rehearsing, someone was asking, ‘Hey, can I change this line or can I do this?’ and he thought about it for a second and said, ‘No, because if someone watches this film in 20 years, if they weren’t born until 20 years from now, they might not know that [expression],’ ” Henke said, grinning admiringly. “I thought to myself, ‘This man’s thinking about making a film, and he’s thinking about someone who’s born 20 years from now watching it, and he wants them to be informed about really what it was all about.’ And that really put it in perspective.”
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“[He’s making] a memorial service, honoring what happened,” Gyllenhaal said. “That is how it feels. … source
I had expected conspiracy theories and the usual liberal “it’s all Bush’s fault, it could have been avoided” scenario. But I don’t think that is the case. Even if it is, it’s worth sitting through that to be reminded of those lives that were taken no needlessly in such a horrific way.
“It has nothing to do with conspiracy theories; I know a lot of people are mentioning that because it’s Oliver Stone,” [Jay] Hernandez grinned, referring to “JFK.” “[This] is all about honoring these people and their families.”"Working with Oliver is huge,” he continued. “We did some work in New York; we talked and did a lot of research with the Port Authority officers down there. These are real characters, it’s a real story. It’s a little bit of a sensitive subject, but I know Oliver is trying to make it as real and as honest as possible.” source
Cross posted at Right Truth
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You say “never forget” that 3000 people were brutally killed in the 9/11 attack.
Well, I’m sure that the people in Afghanistan and Iraq will “never forget” their loved ones who died as civilian casualties. There have been far more than 3000. In fact, there were more than 3000 in the first week of the Afghanistan campaign, if my memory is correct.
I think there is only a subtle difference between terrorism and civilian casualties of American attack. The difference would not mean much if it were your loved ones who were bombed. To many, “never forgetting” means becoming an insurgent. Not a terrorist. An insurgent.
We dropped all of that depleted uranium in those countries. That’s probably millions of casualties yet to happen (radiation sickness, cancer, leukemia, deformity, etc).
To many people in Iraq and Afghanistan and the rest of the Middle East, the stated intentions of the Americans and Allies sound hollow when they’re stacked up next to the casualties they have suffered.
If some of your loved ones, family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and fellow citizens were brutally killed “by accident” from a foreign army’s bombs and bullets, how would you respond?
Add to this the widespread perception that the Americans and their Allies are behind many of the terrorist bombings, such as the recent shrine bombing. I mean, there ARE actual eyewitness reports from actual Iraqis of faked terrorist bombings (such as two separate men who had bombs planted on their vehicles at checkpoints. One’s car broke down, the other’s grandkid noticed it. Both were driving carbombs WITHOUT knowing it.)
I mean, it’s easy to say that we’re trying to establish democracy when we’re over here in the states NOT SUFFERING from the constant terror of terrorists, bombs, planes dropping bombs, errant gunfire from americans, and especially, the long-term effects of depleted uranium.
Depleted uranium is like that ancient army practice of salting the ground and poisoning the wells of conquered lands. It’s called totally fucking up the landscape and everyone and everything that is going to live on it for a few million years or so.
That single fact completely contradicts the notion of “establishing freedom” in these countries. It speaks for the complete lack of concern for the people of these conquered lands. Even if it turns out just to be a mistake that we used this stuff, the victims will never perceive it that way. But that’s unlikely cause there were reports surfacing about it since the first couple times we used it in war.
Comment by Mark — Monday, February 27, 2006 @ 12:49 pm CST
Say it with me, Mark. Depleted uranium. Depleted. It’s the exact same material used in bullets and bombs that our military has used for over a decade.
“If some of your loved ones, family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and fellow citizens were brutally killed “by accident†from a foreign army’s bombs and bullets, how would you respond? ”
That all depends. If some of my neighbors decided to fly a plane into a building, I think I’d hunt them down too.
“I mean, it’s easy to say that we’re trying to establish democracy when we’re over here in the states NOT SUFFERING from the constant terror of terrorists, bombs, planes dropping bombs, errant gunfire from americans, and especially, the long-term effects of depleted uranium.”
What then is the U.S. trying to do if not “trying to establish democracy?”
Comment by Rob — Monday, February 27, 2006 @ 1:04 pm CST