why we fight
WHY WE FIGHT, the new film by Eugene Jarecki which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a “who’s who” of military and beltway insiders. Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, William Kristol, Chalmers Johnson, Richard Perle and others, WHY WE FIGHT launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire.
Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower’s legendary farewell speech (in which he coined the phrase “military industrial complex”), filmmaker Jarecki (THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER) surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century’s military adventures, asking how – and telling why – a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
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FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 5 engagements
- LagunaSat, Mar 25 – Sun, Mar 26, 2006 · 2 days
- Santa MonicaMonica Film CenterFri, Jan 20 – Sun, Mar 26, 2006 · 9 weeks
- One ColoradoFri, Jan 20 – Thu, Feb 23, 2006 · 5 weeks
- West HollywoodSunset 5Fri, Jan 20 – Thu, Feb 23, 2006 · 5 weeks
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Jan 20 – Thu, Feb 2, 2006 · 2 weeks