Tag Archives: Zero Dark Thirty

Michael Moore’s Take on ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:17 am by Bob Cesca

I still haven’t seen ZD30, but Michael Moore’s assessment sounds pretty reasonable to me. He argued that the movie is, in fact, an anti-torture movie: “In the final third of Zero Dark Thirty, the agents switch from torture to detective … Continue reading →

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Plan B

Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – RJ Matson In other news, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a letter to Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton protesting the depiction of torture in Zero Dark Thirty. The senators criticize the … Continue reading →

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MSNBC’s Scarborough Misled Viewers on Torture

Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:39 am by Bob Cesca

I missed this yesterday, but holy hell. Here’s Joe Scarborough: “[Zero Dark Thirty] presents a narrative that is going to make a lot of people in the mainstream media, in the Democratic party and in the administration uncomfortable, and that … Continue reading →

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Disgraceful

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Bob already mentioned this, but I’m mentioning it again because it bothers me. I’m not squeamish to what I see on film, but I find this to be ethically reprehensible. If this New Yorker piece on Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark … Continue reading →

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