New Auburnland
28-04-2004, 03:57
I just watched a movie on HBO called "Strip Search" and I found the movie to be really offensive to my patriotism.
Here is the synopsis from HBO.
"If the United States could rid the world of terrorism forever, would you give up your rights as an American citizen for a day? A year? Forever? These are the questions put to the test in HBO Films all-new psychological drama that explores the precarious status of individual liberties post-9/11 through two parallel stories--each containing identical dialogue--taking place on two continents half a world away. Acclaimed director Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon) joins forces with Emmy(R)-winning Oz creator Tom Fontana and Oscar(R)-winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man) to weave together the cautionary tales of two young students--an American female in China and an Arab male in New York--who are detained by authorities without hard evidence of committing any crime and interrogated about their thoughts and beliefs. Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ellen Barkin and Oliver Platt star. Widescreen. "
Basically the movie was comparing the way the US treats suspected terrorists to the way Communist governments treat US citizens.
I found the movie to be really disturbing.
I was wondering if anyone else watched it and what their thoughts were.
Besides the ignorant comparision, I missed Scrubs with Tara Reid in it to watch this movie, and I wish I would have watched my dream girl Tara instead of this movie.
Here is the synopsis from HBO.
"If the United States could rid the world of terrorism forever, would you give up your rights as an American citizen for a day? A year? Forever? These are the questions put to the test in HBO Films all-new psychological drama that explores the precarious status of individual liberties post-9/11 through two parallel stories--each containing identical dialogue--taking place on two continents half a world away. Acclaimed director Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon) joins forces with Emmy(R)-winning Oz creator Tom Fontana and Oscar(R)-winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man) to weave together the cautionary tales of two young students--an American female in China and an Arab male in New York--who are detained by authorities without hard evidence of committing any crime and interrogated about their thoughts and beliefs. Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ellen Barkin and Oliver Platt star. Widescreen. "
Basically the movie was comparing the way the US treats suspected terrorists to the way Communist governments treat US citizens.
I found the movie to be really disturbing.
I was wondering if anyone else watched it and what their thoughts were.
Besides the ignorant comparision, I missed Scrubs with Tara Reid in it to watch this movie, and I wish I would have watched my dream girl Tara instead of this movie.