The Bush Administration comes under scrutiny in No End in Sight (Magnolia)
No End in Sight (opening August 24 at Landmark's La Jolla Village Theatres ) joins the growing ranks of documentaries about the war in Iraq. Films examining the war began almost immediately following the invasion. Two early controversial ones were Robert Greenwald's Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 . These were joined by Gunner's Palace and Iraq in Fragments .
No End in Sight differs from these films in two ways. One, this is Charles Fergeson's first film and he's more a scholar than a filmmaker. And two, his film is less about looking to the fighting or a ground perspective of the war, and instead the film talks to insiders in order to place Iraq in a historical context and then examine the mistakes and misjudgments that have come to define the Bush Administrations handling of the Iraq invasion and its aftermath. Listen to an extended version of my Film Chat with KPBS News' Alan Ray.
