Winter Soldier once again reviewed in Washington Post

Washington Post ^ | 12/9/2005 | vharlow

[vharlow]

It will come as a surprise to most filmgoers that they've been waiting 30 years to see "Winter Soldier." But now that they have the chance, they won't want to miss it. This extraordinary documentary, having its first theatrical release, not only revisits events during the Vietnam War that have uncanny resonance today but also stands as a riveting example of pure filmic storytelling. An unadorned, black-and-white record of a three-day gathering in Detroit in 1971, "Winter Soldier" turns the camera on the testimony of former soldiers invited by Vietnam Veterans Against the War to share accounts of atrocities they committed or witnessed. The result is a spellbinding film that achieves impressive power through little more than the spoken word. (See Film Notes on Page 34.)

Recreational killing of civilians, rape, arson, torture: They did it, or saw it, all. Having been trained to see their enemies as less than human -- they were always called gooks or commies -- and having been taught to dissociate from the violence they were committing lest they be killed themselves, they simply learned not to care.

[lepayne]

See post #10 above. Thomas Paine....Gen. Washington read these words to his soldiers during the long cold winter at Valley Forge.

[khnyny]

Well, I submitted my review, we'll see if they "post" it, no pun intended.

The Washington Post has shown itself repeatedly and without exception to have lost all credibility. Mind numbingly stupid or just plain liars. I vote for both.

I think a boycott of the Washington Post should be started.

[Interesting Times]

Thanks. I sent the Post a letter about this agitprop review.

I'll post it here after they decide whether or not to publish it.

[Tammy8]

I don't know if it is who you are thinking of, but B.G. Burkett debunked a lot of those involved in Winter Soldier in his book Stolen Valor.
During the election there was a Winter Soldier website that had a lot of the original statements debunked and info about the phony witnesses. Sorry, don't have the url.

[Little Bill]

I was at the Rally in DC, held by the Swifties, 9/2004. Steve Pitkin spoke and was in tears, it takes a lot of balls to get up and admit that you were a scum bag in front of 7,000 Viet Vets, Iraqi Vets, their wives and children.

[Interesting Times]

During the election there was a Winter Soldier website that had a lot of the original statements debunked and info about the phony witnesses. Sorry, don't have the url.

That would be WinterSoldier.com, which is still going strong.

[Interesting Times]

I was at the Rally in DC, held by the Swifties, 9/2004. Steve Pitkin spoke and was in tears, it takes a lot of balls to get up and admit that you were a scum bag in front of 7,000 Viet Vets, Iraqi Vets, their wives and children.

Video of Steve Pitkin's remarks at the Kerry Lied Rally is available here.