Filmmaker Alex Gibney seems to have taken something from Errol Morris--the montage of historical footage and interviews of people who aren't used to being on camera, the opium-den music--and used it to convict the Bush administration of lawlessness. The most stunning effect of cinematic art occurs when, the "dark side" of the title having been exposed, two of our finest, dressed all in crisp whites, are shown raising the flag with all requisite precision and ritual. It might put you in mind of "whitewash," a necessary concept to explain how MPs could go to jail while Cheney, Rumsfeld, Yoo, et al, give speeches, write memoirs, teach law students, etc.
It might also put you in mind of the chapter on the whiteness of the whale. Probably deserves its Oscar for best documentary.
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