Stumble This"Deborah Scranton’s The War Tapes is an intimate and visceral trip into the landscape of war. There are no seasoned camera operators. There is no crew. There is no safety net. Instead, three soldiers are given three cameras, and they film their tour of duty over the course of a year: in the most dangerous part of the most dangerous country in the world.
Scranton allows the story to be told by the characters themselves, breaking down the wall that usually exists between the audience and the film. From deployment, to combat, to homecoming… we are in their boots."
http://www.thewartapes.com/the_film/
Scranton allows the story to be told by the characters themselves, breaking down the wall that usually exists between the audience and the film. From deployment, to combat, to homecoming… we are in their boots."
http://www.thewartapes.com/the_film/
Its sad that its so self-damaging, I would bet my paycheck that every single soldier would come back with PTSD, ive experienced it first-hand myself, and beleive you me, it is not some simple illness that can be fixed with a few weeks of soup and rest.
Its deadset serious, a total personality change, to the point where you have all the memories of the person you once were, you knew what you were like, but theres this internal struggle with your new self to attempt a solution to get back to what you were like. No matter how many psychotropic drugs you take, or how many times you tell your story to a shrink, nothing helps.
Its not fun, its not heroic, and it certainly is not noble.
I genuinely feel sorry for every single soldier over there, its a shame society and wars in general are controlled by so few, who are so shielded from the hienousness of it all, that they can just sign a document, smile to the camera, and not feel one iota of remorse for how many peoples lives they are fucking over, regardless of how "noble" it is in their minds.
War is never noble...ever.
She's also got her own (very interesting) TED Talk somewhere here on the Sift.
Its a blunt instrument which fucks peoples lives up. If used correctly, it can be a force for good change.
And for all you know I could be a 40 year old mature age war vet, come home to do a degree.
Nice of you to judge that which you know nothing about.