The Fog of War (2003)

Directed by

Errol Morris

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 299 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Robert McNamara, the former US Secretary of Defense, talks through his life and decisions during the Vietnam War and other conflicts. He shares lessons he learned about the nature of modern warfare and the difficulty of making choices in uncertainty.

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What happens

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. It was directed by Errol Morris and features an original score by Philip Glass. The title derives from the military concept of the "fog of war", which refers to the difficulty of making decisions in the midst of conflict. The film was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature of 2003. In 2019, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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