You’ll find yourself questioning your perceptions when you watch In Country. Immediately, what looks like a mockumentary about Vietnam is invaded by a 2014 pickup truck. Later, footage from an actual Vietnam doc says, “We’re looking at the sky from some cop-out angle.” Perhaps the material is self-investigatory or sometimes jaded, but documentarians Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara know they’re representing a situation full of holes and wounded motives—whether that situation is happening in 2014 or fifty years ago.>> - Sara Maria Vizcarrondo...
- 4/10/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
You’ll find yourself questioning your perceptions when you watch In Country. Immediately, what looks like a mockumentary about Vietnam is invaded by a 2014 pickup truck. Later, footage from an actual Vietnam doc says, “We’re looking at the sky from some cop-out angle.” Perhaps the material is self-investigatory or sometimes jaded, but documentarians Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara know they’re representing a situation full of holes and wounded motives—whether that situation is happening in 2014 or fifty years ago.>> - Sara Maria Vizcarrondo...
- 4/10/2015
- Keyframe
Mike Attie and Meghan O'Hara's surprisingly contemplative documentary In Country considers a group of men who re-create the Vietnam War for days at a time in Oregon. They aren't performing for an audience, like Civil War re-enactors; it's more like live-action role-playing (LARPing), choosing random cards to determine their fate in battles. Some are veterans of recent wars, such as husband, father, and possible Ptsd sufferer Charles "Tuna" Ford, who's recently returned from Iraq and is looking forward to being deployed to Afghanistan, where at least he'll understand his role. Especially fascinating is Vinh Nguyen, who fought for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam as a teenager in the early 1970s; he says he's trying to return to the time when he felt like he wa...
- 4/8/2015
- Village Voice
Historical recreations of war are nothing new, but usually it’s the wars of the distant past that are being replicated: the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, and so on. In Salem, Oregon though, a group men take their replicated guns, army surplus and fatigues and head into the woods to re-create what most would consider one of the least heroic chapters in American history, Vietnam. Directors Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara follow this group into the woods for their latest mission, In Country.
Now, the first question that comes to mind is why would anyone want to re-create the experience of being in Vietnam? That’s before the movie even begins. What really starts to make you wonder as you get into the film and meet the various characters though, is why would these people want to re-create Vietnam? Included in their ranks are several Vietnam veterans,...
Now, the first question that comes to mind is why would anyone want to re-create the experience of being in Vietnam? That’s before the movie even begins. What really starts to make you wonder as you get into the film and meet the various characters though, is why would these people want to re-create Vietnam? Included in their ranks are several Vietnam veterans,...
- 4/25/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Nearly 20 rising documentary filmmakers named at the Czech Republic festival.
A total of 19 up-and-coming players in the European creative documentary have been selected for the second edition of the Emerging Producers platform during this year’s Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (Oct 24-29).
The 2013 line-up includes:
Portuguese producer Joana Gusmao [pictured], who is preparing André Gil Mata’s The Tree to shoot in Sarajevo this December;
Polish producer-director Jacob Dammas whose Polish Illusions was shown at Hot Docs and Cph:dox;
France’s Karim Aitouna who received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Co-Production Prize for his project A Place In The Sun;
Berlin-based Michel Balagué of Mengamuk Films who produced Marcin Malasczcak’s Sieniawka, which premiered at the Berlinale last February. Balagué is now developing a second film with Malasczcak as a co-production between Germany, Poland and the UK;
Croatia’s Morana Komljenovic who served as a co-producer on Nebojsa Slijepcovic’s Gangster Of Love.
Divided into three...
A total of 19 up-and-coming players in the European creative documentary have been selected for the second edition of the Emerging Producers platform during this year’s Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (Oct 24-29).
The 2013 line-up includes:
Portuguese producer Joana Gusmao [pictured], who is preparing André Gil Mata’s The Tree to shoot in Sarajevo this December;
Polish producer-director Jacob Dammas whose Polish Illusions was shown at Hot Docs and Cph:dox;
France’s Karim Aitouna who received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Co-Production Prize for his project A Place In The Sun;
Berlin-based Michel Balagué of Mengamuk Films who produced Marcin Malasczcak’s Sieniawka, which premiered at the Berlinale last February. Balagué is now developing a second film with Malasczcak as a co-production between Germany, Poland and the UK;
Croatia’s Morana Komljenovic who served as a co-producer on Nebojsa Slijepcovic’s Gangster Of Love.
Divided into three...
- 10/18/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Filmmakers looking to get in front of the documentary world's heavy hitters in an idyllic coastal Maine town should look no further than the Camden International Film Festival's Points North Pitch. And for the first year ever, Ciff is offering the winner of Indiewire's Ciff Project of the Week a travel stipend and accommodations during the festival! Last year, the pitch, which included Phil Engelhorn (Cinereach), Judith Helfand (Chicken + Egg Pictures), Brian Newman (Sub-genre), Daniel Chalfen (independent producer), Beth Janson (Tribeca Film Institute), Christopher Hastings (Wgbh) and more, opened up to filmmakers beyond New England. The 2012 Camden Points North Pitch winners were "In Country" filmmakers Mike Attie and Meghan O'Hara. Attie told Indiewire, "We were initially not sure, but once we saw a list of the panelists -- Judith Helfand, Simon Kilmurry, Daniel Chalfen, Phil Englehorn -- we knew it would be a good opportunity. But the event itself exceeded.
- 6/3/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
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