Operation Filmmaker

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09/29/2014 A biased--yet nonetheless compelling--documentary about how good intentions paired with cultural misunderstandings can yield disaster. Operation Filmmaker also removes the metaphorical barrier between documentarian and subject in a way that few documentaries have before. See more 12/14/2012 There's a small bit of interest to be found from the tale of people blindly trying to do good without putting a lot of thought into it. But a lot of the interest is surrounded by a lead subject that's unsympathetic from the start, and almost everyone involved seems unaware of the vanity surrounding most of their actions. See more 03/12/2011 Very interesting documentary about a man from Iraq. I usually hate documentaries because it captures 'reality' and it tries to objectify things. It is a worth while movie to watch, I must say I have more respect for Dwayne Johnson after this movie than i had before. See more 01/23/2011 An interesting documentary that seems to corroborate the saying "No good deed goes unpunished". See more 10/04/2010 Very disappointing and annoying pseudo-documentary that started with good intentions and then went no where. The producers and director (Liev Schriber) of the film "Everything Is Illuminated" watch an MTV story where a young Iraqi film student has his school destroyed by a bomb during the current war effort and is left without an outlet to express his artisitic desires. Predictably enough, they locate him and bring him to Prague to work as a Production Assistant/Intern on their movie. What is not predictable is that fact that this Iraqi film student, Muthana, is a total ingrate with zero work ethic who feels everyone owes him a career just because he lived in war-torn Baghdad. Schrieber and co. quickly see through his scam and pass him off to another film being filmed in the same area, "Doom" starring The Rock. Muthana's sob story is believed by The Rock, who chooses to fund his year at a film school in London. Par for the course, Muthana screws this up as well. He also turns on the filmmaker who is following him around for this documentary and steals her equipment before kicking her out of his life. What sickened me the most was watching the bleeding-heart, liberal admissions staff at a prominent NYC Film School who watch a pretentious video Muthana sends them and they have tears in their eyes while agreeing to give him a full grant to come to NYC and study at their school. For all of those people trying to make it in the film industry that have been thwarted at every turn it is because miscreants like the hateful Muthana are taking your jobs. Don't watch this film unless you really want to get more pissed off at the Middle East and their hatred and resentment of the Western world. See more 09/26/2010 One of the best examples of the complex relationship between documentarian and subject. A great film. See more Read all reviews

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