Army of One
Time Out says
Early in Goodman's doc, there's a montage of Army TV commercials—those macho
hard sells that make war look like an extreme sport played by action heroes. The
clips make for a somewhat obvious counterpoint to the lives of Goodman's young
subjects, enlistees on their way to boot camp in search of a higher purpose.
Army harps on how uninformed they are; Goodman's tactics aren't much more
delicate than the military's own rock & roll PR. Not so with Lenka Clayton's
subtle, near-brilliant "Qaeda Quality Question Quickly Quickly Quiet," the short
film that accompanies Army. Clayton has taken a shredder to Bush's 2002
State of the Union address, resulting in a telling quantification of
post–September 11 fearspeak.
Details
Release details
Duration:
71 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Sarah Goodman