Monday, August 28, 2006

"World Trade Center"

In two weeks will be the fifth anniversary of September 11. We will see again all the various video images, and we’ll hear dozens of reports on various angles of “Five Years Later”--what happened, what we have learned, how we are different, where we are going from here, and on and on.

I think the best remembrance may be to see Oliver Stone’s movie “World Trade Center.” It’s a bit “Hollywoody” in its singular focus on the heroism of the moment. But it succeeds in bringing back the emotions of that day without bludgeoning with familiar images, over-the-top patriotism and hackneyed music.

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