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March 20, 2006
Roadside to Guantanamo: Winterbottom's pic to play US
indieWIRE reports on Roadside Attractions' acquisition of Michael Winterbottom's latest super-size provocation. "These are bad people," U.S. president George W. Bush is seen saying as The Road to Guantanamo opens. He, and later U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, are pictured in news footage defending the existence of the base and [its detainment] of prisoners, hundreds of [whom] have already been released with no charges. U.S. leaders, and in particular U.S. military soldiers working the base in Guantanamo are depicted as brutal captors, leading one journalist at the [Berlin debut] press conference to question such a negative portrayal of Americans.
Asked, in his first question from the media in Berlin, how the U.S. government may react to his new film, Winterbottom said directly, "I don't know and I don't really care to be honest." "We think this film is a visceral punch to the gut that will leave everyone thinking about Guantanamo in a new way," said Howard Cohen, Roadside Co-President, in a statement today. "It plays like a thriller, but it also shows the real-life struggle of nations to balance fighting terrorism with preserving human rights."
Posted by pride at March 20, 2006 02:29 PM
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