HBO has a short film, Last Letters Home, Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq. It is really not much more than the families reading these letters and some images. The letters soldiers wrote to their families, most of them not knowing it would be the last one. They were interviewing the filmmaker on NPR on my way home and just listening to him, I knew I had to watch this, and it premiered last night.
This was just about one of the most gut-wrenching things I've seen in a long time. It's extremely powerful and moving. And, frankly, it hasn't gone away. If you have HBO, or know some one who does and can tape, it is well worth watching. But I'm not kidding about how rough it gets. Tine couldn't sit still at points and there were more than enough disparaging remarks about the situation and our current leadership.
I should probably be thankful that TiVo's been screwing up lately and cut the last few minutes off.
The last letter was particularly grueling.
posted by Evil Wayne @ 10:25 AM
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