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Posted: Feb 24, 2007 - 04:27 AM
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Marmalade
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 2238
Location: In the forest of denial.
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I am fortunate enough to live in the greater Boston area, so I had a chance to see Screamers last week. Here's my review of it, taken from my movie review site:
The movie Screamers is a documentary/rockumentary that focuses on the Armenian Genocide of 1915, but also points out the atrocities that have occurred in other genocides through the present. Director Carla Garapedian follows System of a Down, an American rock band with Armenian ancestry, on their tour through the U.S. and Europe.
On their tour, System of a Down educates their audience of the horrors of the past. The Armenian Genocide today, is still not recognized by the Turkish government, its perpetrators. On April 24th, the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, System of a Down's front man Serj Tankian made his message clear. On stage before the screaming fans, he shouts, "Tonight is not just the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, it's also time to break down all the walls of hypocrisy around the world with all genocides known and unknown, accepted or not accepted. It's time to make the Turkish government... to pay for their f***ing crime!" SOAD then proceeded to play their song P.L.U.C.K., which stands for Politically Lying Unholy Cowardly Killers (referring of course to the Turkish government). Half of the film is concert footage from SOAD's tour, and the other half is some very graphic footage of genocide, and interviews from researchers, survivors, etc. Most notable of these is Serj Tankian's grandfather, one of the few living survivors of the Armenian Genocide. In addition to the fact that the Armenian Genocide is still denied by the Turks today, another reason that this film is so important, is that right now there is genocide occurring in Darfur. Some of the images in Screamers are very graphic, and hard to watch, however, it is necessary that people be exposed to the truth. This is an incredibly powerful and important film. A lot of people haven't heard of this film because of it's limited release and exposure. It's a real shame because it really is an amazing film. It also helps a lot if you're a System of a Down fan.
***** Five of Five Stars *****
I also submitted it on IMDb.com: http://imdb.com/title/tt0823668/usercomments-6 (Mark it as helpful!) |
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Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 02:51 PM
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Peephole
Joined: Jan 19, 2005
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Location: Richmond, VA, US
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this makes me want to see it even more. I wish it would hurry up and come out on DVD. it would have been impossible for me to go see the showing in DC.
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Posted: Jun 12, 2007 - 10:39 PM
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Joined: May 16, 2007
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Location: Estonia
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| I want to see this movie. I've only seen the trailer and it looks very interesting. |
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Posted: Jun 13, 2007 - 02:40 AM
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Marmalade
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
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Location: In the forest of denial.
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Thanks for resurrecting my thread haha.
It comes out on DVD soon, so everyone will be able to see it. |
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Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 03:16 PM
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Joined: Nov 01, 2006
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| Great review, makes me happy that I already preorder the DVD. |
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