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CHARLES COLEMAN
Film Programmer for Facets Cinémathèque

Read his feature in the Chicago Reader

November - December 2008

The Facets Cinémathèque is located at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. For more information on films playing in the Cinémathèque, please call 773-281-4114. To order advance tickets online, visit the TicketWeb website by clicking here.


Chicago Premiere

FULL BATTLE RATTLE

Deep within the Mojave Desert, the United States army has erected a cluster of fake Iraqi villages where American soldiers spend three weeks training before deployment. Valued at over a billion dollars, this simulation employs thousands of role-players and a team of specialists who choreograph their every move. At first glance, viewers might assume they are looking at footage from the war, as every detail, from reporters to assassinations to medical emergencies and negotiations, is recreated to prepare the soldiers for real action. Full Battle Rattle observes Army officers explaining local customs to a confused force, under orders to bring "peace and stability" to a place they know nothing about — and one that appears to be disintegrating before their eyes. Focusing specifically on the village of Medini Wasl, the film moves — with both humor and horror - between the perspectives of the soldiers and those of the "civilians," a great number of whom are played by Iraqi exiles. Filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss offer a startling look at this most unusual "theatre of war" and the effects on its "actors." In a town that is all too fake, the war (tragically) remains all too real.

Directed by Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss, U.S.A., 2008, BetaSP, 85 mins.

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Showtimes:
Fri, Nov. 28 at 7 & 9 pm
Sat.-Sun., Nov. 29-30 at 3, 5, 7 & 9 pm
Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 1-4 at 7 & 9 pm



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