In Guantanamo

[VirusType2]

Description:

Guantanamo naval base, "Gitmo", covers forty five square miles of Cuba inside an area under a controversial 'permanent lease' to the United States. Since 2002, the base has become synonymous with its detainment facilities for suspected terrorists. Although Barack Obama has given orders for the detention camp to be closed, the facilities remain open to this day.

David Miller's quiet, powerful film is the result of three days the filmmaker spent touring the camps in May 2008 as part of a small group of media representatives allowed there. Although the event was presented as a chance to 'see inside' the working of Guantanamo, it was in fact a carefully staged PR exercise designed to yield predictable, stale, controlled media images.

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[Vegeta897]

So why would we want to see "a carefully staged PR exercise designed to yield predictable, stale, controlled media images." ?

The part you highlighted is what this is NOT, according to that description. So why should we care.

 

[VirusType2]

You wouldn't care anyway. If you want to see prisoners tortured, try google.

Spoiler

lol

First chance to see inside. That's all. Nothing spectacular.

 

[Vegeta897]

I'm just confused at why you highlighted the part in the description that says what it isn't. It's kind of misleading for you to do that. Did you misread it or something?

 

[VirusType2]

I know what you mean now, I'll fix it. I simply wanted to bold the least amount for an "at a glance" thing, like a title of a movie is short and descriptive: In Guantanamo. Not 'In Guantanamo but not really because it was limited'

The fact is, the entire film (22 minutes in length) is inside the prison compound. The only difference is: guards and prisoner faces are censored, security locks are not shown, things like that.


Also, I want you to know, you are a very amusing character, Vegeta.