Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)
I don't have much to add that most of people wrote about this film here haven't said already.
For starters, props to Wyldsyde for nominating a documentary. It's a genre that I feel isn't represented enough around MoFo and it's really nice to see one competing on a general HoF.
I too, had to check what was all this about half through the film, because the director just assumes that you have a basic knowledge of what happened here, or at least that you know the "official" version, to which this documentary poses opposition.
I can understand this film taking only one side of the history (which is something I usually don't like about docs), being that there is already a dominant view on the story and this tries to balance the two sides of the story. What I can't forgive is the feeling that the directors obviously began working on this with their views already set on stone, which ultimately hurts the credibitlity of the film, and my emotional connection of the film.
As an European, there's something so alien in hearing some Americans speak as if they were the only that have freedom and that justifies everything. Adding that my absolute and visceral hate for cults (particularly those involving children) and for people who base their view of a country's laws on a freaking mythology book, it's hard to relate with the crazies who are, according to this documentary, the victims.
That being said, there's obviously some shady aspects of the story told by the government. Is it really like this documentary portraits? I seriously doubt it, but I believe there's some true about it.
As a film, this has some flaws, being the twisted view on the subject the main one, but there's also problems with the selection of information put into this, the pacing and the cinematography isn't really interesting.
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I don't have much to add that most of people wrote about this film here haven't said already.
For starters, props to Wyldsyde for nominating a documentary. It's a genre that I feel isn't represented enough around MoFo and it's really nice to see one competing on a general HoF.
I too, had to check what was all this about half through the film, because the director just assumes that you have a basic knowledge of what happened here, or at least that you know the "official" version, to which this documentary poses opposition.
I can understand this film taking only one side of the history (which is something I usually don't like about docs), being that there is already a dominant view on the story and this tries to balance the two sides of the story. What I can't forgive is the feeling that the directors obviously began working on this with their views already set on stone, which ultimately hurts the credibitlity of the film, and my emotional connection of the film.
As an European, there's something so alien in hearing some Americans speak as if they were the only that have freedom and that justifies everything. Adding that my absolute and visceral hate for cults (particularly those involving children) and for people who base their view of a country's laws on a freaking mythology book, it's hard to relate with the crazies who are, according to this documentary, the victims.
That being said, there's obviously some shady aspects of the story told by the government. Is it really like this documentary portraits? I seriously doubt it, but I believe there's some true about it.
As a film, this has some flaws, being the twisted view on the subject the main one, but there's also problems with the selection of information put into this, the pacing and the cinematography isn't really interesting.
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