movies and war

[Doug Millison]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,654022,00.html
"The often-blurred distinction between war and showbusiness finally
vanished yesterday when the Pentagon confirmed that it had given two
Hollywood producers the go-ahead to make a prime-time reality television
series about the war against terrorism. Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of
Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbor, has won the "unparalleled support" of the
defence department for the project, which will follow American troops on
patrol in Afghanistan. "


http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15144
"This manipulation of the mass media was notable in the first days of the
regime, when the judicial system was being openly subverted by the police."



http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,654022,00.html
"The news that entertainment producers are to be granted access to troops
has stoked growing resentment among journalists covering the conflict. Two
week ago, a Washington Post reporter, Doug Struck, said a US soldier had
threatened to shoot him for trying to gain access to the site of a
controversial American missile attack. "