| |
|
 
|
| WAR MADE EASY: HOW PRESIDENTS AND PUNDITS KEEP SPINNING US TO DEATH |
 |
| Narrator: Sean Penn |
| |
Studio: The Disinformation Company |
| DVD release: 25 March 2008 |
Runtime: 72 minutes
(1 disc) |
| Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC |
WAR MADE EASY reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year
pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the
United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by
actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage
of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing
in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated
the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.
WAR MADE EASY gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war
and the war in Iraq. Guided by media critic Norman Solomon’s meticulous
research and tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples
of propaganda and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage
of political leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon
Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Sen-
ator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.
Norman Solomon’s work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “brutally
persuasive” and essential “for those who would like greater context
with their bitter morning coffee.” This film now offers a chance to see that
context on the screen. |
Fill out the form below to enter the drawing for a copy of War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death on DVD.
All information submitted remains private. Contest ends May 15.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
