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My War Killing Time In Iraq This clip is an excerpt from "Men in Black," an animated sequence based on U.S. Army Specialist Colby Buzzell's story, part of the film Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. Animation by Christopher Koelle. The film is also being nominated for an Oscar in the 2008 Best Documentary Feature category along with "No End in Sight, "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side," and "War/Dance."
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Colby Buzzell is the author of the book My War Killing Time in Iraq. In 2004, Buzzell was profiled in Esquire magazine's "Best and Brightest" issue and has since contributed frequently. In 2007, Buzzell received the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize. He...
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What an amazing video
This video was incredible. I found that the style of the art actually raised the level of realism because it made me feel the confusing and disjointed nature of the story being told. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Abe Mertens
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What a vivid, surreal way to communicate the realities of war. And kudos to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for including three war-time documentaries among its nominees for Best Documentary Feature this year. Many thanks for posting this clip.
Jennifer Massoni, Red Room
Indeed!
In some ways, the animation makes certain aspects of the action "more realistic." For instance, for all the din of weapons in our movies, it takes a first rate director and special effects man to recreate the visuals of a machine gun firing and its effect upon a target. [And that kind of reality, in official military approved documentaries, is cut out or toned down.] The animation slows the action enough to truly register.
Good work.
Alex
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