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The Trials of Henry Kissinger
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0720229910736
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: First Run Features
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: First Run Features
MPN: 910736
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Run Features
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Running Time: 80 minutes
Studio: First Run Features
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Editorial Review:
Even as it preaches to those who will relish its witch-hunting zeal, The Trials of Henry Kissinger makes a potent assertion that the legendary diplomat and former Secretary of State is guilty of crimes against humanity. Produced for the BBC, seductively narrated by actor Brian Cox, and based on the scathing book by Christopher Hitchens (a Kissinger-bashing journalist featured heavily here in talking-head interviews), this film is clearly biased against its target, but there's ample documentation to support its claims that Kissinger prolonged the Vietnam war and orchestrated the illegal and indiscriminate bombing of Cambodia; supervised the 1973 coup against democratically elected Chilean president Allende; and played a role in U.S.-backed atrocities in East Timor. Expert interviews on both sides of the political fence (but mostly damning Kissinger) make this a compelling, information-packed example of situational ethics in action; additional viewings simultaneously deepen the film's conviction and reveal the weakness of its one-sided embrace of Hitchens. Either way, this is essential viewing for anyone interested in the labyrinthine machinations of international power. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - The Arrogance of Power
"The Trials of Henry Kissinger"
The Arrogance of Power
Amos Lassen
Originally made in 2002, First Run Films announces a reduced price for the documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger". The film follows Christopher Hitchens charges against Kissinger as a war criminal and it is part investigation and part historical inquiry. The film raises questions about American foreign policy and it ushers in a new era of the rights of humans.
Director Eugene Jarecki ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent but not entirely convincing
This documentary to my understanding is based on a book written by Journalist/literary critic/ prominent atheist (is that a job description?), Christopher Hitchens. The documentary attracted me for two reasons, 1 that Hitchens was involved (I am big fan) and that it was about Henry Kissinger (not a fan but certainly interested.) I found this documentary was not too one sided and gave me a clearer understanding of the case against Henry Kissinger.
The documentary is basically an exploration ... Read More
Rating: - Useful for getting some unpleasant suppressed truths out there
The narrator of this documentary adopts a tone of unbiased inquiry, stating at the end of it that whether or not Henry K is a war criminal, looking at his record brings up many interesting insights into the perils of power and secrecy in govt. Well the actual evidence presented in this film proves that one has to be pretty irrational, morally dense and worshipful of American state power to deny that Kissinger is a war criminal.
The first issue discussed is Kissinger's direction of the so-called ... Read More
Rating:  - One of many American war criminals
I don't think that Kissinger's viciousness can be rationalized by saying his decisions were a matter of making "hard choices in war time." I'm sure the Nazis, Saddam's regime and every other tyranny used lines like that. Kissinger's positions, like those of other killers, had to do with money and power and an utter disregard for the lives of other people. He also enjoyed the sex that came with his position, stating that "power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." Like the Bible says, the prostitutes of Babylon will ... Read More
Rating:  - Hard choices have to be made in wartime. It's easy to criticize. Well done but one sided.
This documentary is skillfully made, using newsreel footage, interviews, talk show excerpts and TV comedic satires. There's also some newly declassified information and lots of opinion by the filmmaker, Eugene Jarecki, who adapted his material from a book by Christopher Hichens. It's all tied up in a neat little package, and builds to the conclusion that Henry Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal.
A war criminal? And this film is the trial? Funny, I thought that a trial was supposed to present ... Read More
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