Written by JD Johannes
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
‘Danger Close’, the documentary that grew from my filming of a fire-fight between U.S. Army Paratroopers and Al Qaida is having its film festival debut this Friday in Washington, D.C.The GI Film Festival, at the Carnegie Institute, will screen ‘Danger Close’ at 3:30pm Friday .
David and I will be there to take part in a discussion after the screening.
Be warned, ‘Danger Close’ is not for the faint of heart. It is real live combat that I filmed–the bullets, blood and bad guys are all real.
‘Danger Close’ is also one of the most pure forms of documentary you may ever see. I captured the fire-fight as it erupted around me and conducted the interviews with the Paratroopers who won the fight the next day. No studio inteviews. No re-enactments. No script. No pre-determined plot. And no idea if I would even live through it.
Just the story of a group the Paratroopers who literally stood on the wall and fought the enemies of Western Civilization.
Crap. I wish he’d gotten it in Imax.
Someone broke the website.
That was me.
Ah, well, it’s better now.
It is all lies, perpetrated by the military-industrial complex. Warmongers.
We just got a new IMAX near me, and this would be awesome.
A shame I was busy and couldn’t make it… heh.