MaryAnn Johanson (she/her)
A real war photographer seems to agree with what I said about #CivilWarMovie, that “its pretense of ‘objectivity’ is unfair to the journalist protagonists the film thinks it’s championing.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/20/civil-war-garland-movie-war-photojournalism-wrong/
I’m a photojournalist. ‘Civil War’ gets war photography dangerously wrong.

In Alex Garland’s film, war photographers are just there to compete for the bloodiest shot.

The Washington Post
May 20, 2024 at 4:38pmWeb
Show threadMaryAnn Johanson (she/her)May 20, 2024
Here's my #CivilWarMovie review: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/04/civil-war-movie-review-a-craven-view-from-nowhere.html
Civil War movie review: a craven view from nowhere - FlickFilosopher.com

A spineless dystopian action drama that defaults to a dangerously irresponsible both-sides-ism; its pretense of “objectivity” is unfair to the journalist protagonists the film thinks it’s championing.

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