Year at Danger (2007)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker documents his own deployment to Iraq during the war. The film uses his personal footage to show his experiences as a soldier and husband overseas.
personalobservationalintimaterawcontemplativegroundedfirst-persondocumentary-style
What happens
Year at Danger is a 2007 independent documentary film. Nine days after his marriage, Steve Metze found out that he was being deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Metze, a West Point graduate, Desert Storm veteran, and documentary filmmaker, decided to pack a camera and document his year in Iraq. The film consists of footage shot by Metze during his deployment to Iraq and was edited by Don Swaynos. The film won the Grand Jury Award at the 2008 DeadCENTER Film Festival and was an Official Selection of the 2007 Austin Film Festival and the 2008 GI Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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