9/11

There has been a rather significant block of

9/11-based movies, as well as those that

use the dramatic emphasis and impact for

background of another story.

Here is my selection of the best of those

movies, as well as documentaries and films

leading up to, hinging upon, and resulting from

the attacks on the World Trade Center and

Pentagon.

We don't live in a bubble, and it takes every

part of a chain to make it link.

This, at least, is the start to

having the whole story.

"The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror" documentary

Xenophobia, lust for oil, illegal wars,

being the police of the world, sideways politics,

secrets and lies, and our own funding of terrorism

(not to mention homegrown religious extremism

and fundamentalism taking over our culture)

are all to blame for what happened on September 11,

2011, and if we ignore that then we are doomed

to repeat the needless tragedy.

"The Power of Nightmares" documentary; The Rise of the Politics of Fear (BBC)

"The 9/11 Decade: The Intelligence War" documentary (Full Movie)

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Long Kiss Goodnight

Loved this movie on many levels, and was very disappointed to read
that it was believed the story was stolen from a favorite comic of mine
("Somerset Holmes",) but I guess that explains why it's so good.

Geena is brilliant, and it's a very different role for her (which she makes her
own!) Love Samuel L. Jackson, and though he is loud (of course,) this is
a different bit for him, too; comic relief and an insecure man!

(And I am so in love with sexy Craig Bierko--man he's good. But the whole
cast is perfect, really.)

Great plot, great mystery, superb action-adventure on a par with 'Die Hard,'
and what's really scary is how the plot parallels so intricately our 2001
terrorist attacks (though the film preceded them by several years!!)

So, in another words, a great film for conspiracy theorists and folks
who don't trust the government.

Flying in the face of 'women are the victim or arm candy' Hollywood, this
movie was one of the earliest to serve up a believable female protagonist in
an action adventure role. (Even if it did also borrow bits of 'La Femme Nikita,'
another beautiful work! --The Anne Parillaud one...Bridget Fonda really didn't
hack it.)

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