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Songs of War: Music as a Weapon
Music elates, touches the soul and bypasses reason. Music is magic. But precisely this magic can turn it into an insidious weapon for music and violence belong together. The brutal power of African war dances, the ferocity of Maori Hakas, the earth-shattering roar of US sound guns blasting Metallica at Taliban hideouts the principle is always the same: Aggressive sounds demoralise the enemy and whip the allies into a frenzy. In Songs of War, director Tristan Chytroschek explores the extraordinary harmony between music and violence. Sesame Street composer, Christopher Cerf, always wanted his music to be fun and entertaining. But then he learned that his songs had been used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. He is stunned by this abuse of his work and wants to find out how this could happen.
| Release : | 2010 |
| Rating : | 7 |
| Studio : | ARTE, ZDF, A&O Buero, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Camera Operator, |
| Cast : | |
| Genre : | Documentary |
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Reviews
The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
