Analysis of the Fog of War: Eleven Lessons by Robert S. Mcnamara
The Fog of War Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara was in so much as a great representation of the life of Robert S. McNamara. It showed his life to be dramatic and traumatic in many different ways. The lessons he learned and shared during the documentary movie were truly astounding to me. I personally thought the movie was a tad bit on the boring side, but it was a documentary after all. The Fog of War was a very informative piece of work.
During Errol Morris 's documentary, The Fog of War, Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara former Secretary of Defense McNamara, one of the most infamous figures of the Vietnam era, proves to be a greatly compelling figure, someone who can be self-critical and reflective about the decisions he made to deepen our participation in the Vietnam War. Or someone who can speak truthfully about calculating how to make the United States fire bombing missions in Japan during World War II more efficient, even acknowledging the fact that had the United States lost the Vietnam War; he would 've been most likely tried as a war criminal. Then McNamara closes down, refusing to respond to Morris 's question to further reflect on the United States culpability in Vietnam. When I was viewing the film, I was not very surprised by those times, during the questions when McNamara refused to say anything further about the subject at hand. He shuts up so he wouldn 't say things that would show his true image for the interviewer to see. Although; his not saying anything pretty much said it all despite his futile attempts.
The film itself is, in my opinion, an adequate achievement. It mostly has features of talking-head footage of interviews Morris recently did with the eighty-five-year-old McNamara using a piece of video hardware, that a lot of documentaries use, that allows Morris and McNamara to look at each other eyes while McNamara also looks directly into the camera, creating a sense of togetherness between the interviewer and McNamara. Morris
During Errol Morris 's documentary, The Fog of War, Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara former Secretary of Defense McNamara, one of the most infamous figures of the Vietnam era, proves to be a greatly compelling figure, someone who can be self-critical and reflective about the decisions he made to deepen our participation in the Vietnam War. Or someone who can speak truthfully about calculating how to make the United States fire bombing missions in Japan during World War II more efficient, even acknowledging the fact that had the United States lost the Vietnam War; he would 've been most likely tried as a war criminal. Then McNamara closes down, refusing to respond to Morris 's question to further reflect on the United States culpability in Vietnam. When I was viewing the film, I was not very surprised by those times, during the questions when McNamara refused to say anything further about the subject at hand. He shuts up so he wouldn 't say things that would show his true image for the interviewer to see. Although; his not saying anything pretty much said it all despite his futile attempts.
The film itself is, in my opinion, an adequate achievement. It mostly has features of talking-head footage of interviews Morris recently did with the eighty-five-year-old McNamara using a piece of video hardware, that a lot of documentaries use, that allows Morris and McNamara to look at each other eyes while McNamara also looks directly into the camera, creating a sense of togetherness between the interviewer and McNamara. Morris
Bibliography: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara. Dir. Errol Morris