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!24 #).%-!3 ,HZ[[O BY MOLLY TEMPLETON 6WDUWV )ULGD\ O[[W!IPQV\JPULTHZJVT i"OVOOFSWJOH TVSQSJTJOHMZBõFDUJOHEPDVNFOUBSZBCPVUPVS FOWJSPONFOUBMDBMBNJUZ<UIBU>JTTVDIFTTFOUJBM WJFXJOHw.BOPIMB%BSHJT /:5JNFT 352'8&('$1'1$55$7('%</(21$5'2'L&$35,2 7+( WK +285 78510$1.,1'¶6'$5.(67+285,172,76),1(67 3* 1LJKWO\ 3* 6DW 6XQ0DW QRVKRZLQJRQ ´$FRROKHDGHGGHYLVWDWLQJH[SRVHµ ³2*OHLEHUPDQ(: 5)&*/4*%&4503:'30.5)&6-5*."5&*/4*%&34 Timeline of a Disaster A damning indictment of the war’s inept architects NO END IN SIGHT: Written, produced and directed by Charles Ferguson. Narrated by Campbell Scott. Featuring interviews with Faisal Al-Istrabadi, Richard Armitage, Barbara Bodine, Paul Eaton, Jay Garner, Paul Hughes, Seth Moulton, Walter Slocombe, Lawrence Wilkerson and many more. Magnolia Pictures, 2007. Not rated. 102 minutes. 44442 I f you can watch Charles Ferguson’s No End in Sight without finding yourself on the verge of tears, you are made of stronger stuff than I. A searing, elegant, elo- quent exploration of the U.S.’s disastrous Iraq invasion, No End is a gripping, moving antidote to the numbness that comes when you begin to feel you’ve seen all the stories on the news before: the car bombs, the IEDs, the explosions in public areas, the deaths, the horrors. It starts at the beginning and leads us carefully through to the point at which we stand now, but it takes the most time with a few months in 2003 during which countless major decisions — and massive mistakes — were made. First-time filmmaker Ferguson, a political scientist who produced and funded his own film, has distilled the frustration, sadness and anger of both those he interviews and those who see his film into one precise, methodical, analytic narrative. Though his careful use of interviews, news footage and data, you can look at this picture of Iraq, broad and brutal, and see things you might not have been able to see quite so clearly before. No End in Sight is a portrait of a mismanaged disaster, from the insufficient planning that went into the war at the very start to the numerous fatal mistakes made after the mission was declared accom- plished. Ferguson focuses largely on several key decisions that influenced Iraq’s descent into chaos, including the decision not to try to control the looting of Baghdad; the decision to “de-Baathify” the country; and the decision to disband the Iraqi army, putting countless armed men out of work and out of money. The people Ferguson interviews are not longtime critics of the war; they are men and women who were in Iraq, in the govern- ment, in the Marines, in the organizations working on the reconstruction; they are journalists and writers who’ve documented the happenings in the Middle East since March 2003. Often, they tell the same story: Those who were experienced, on the ground working, who knew what they were talking about, were routinely dismissed and ignored by those above them. Time and time again it’s pointed out that many people in charge of the reconstruction of Iraq spoke no Arabic, had no experience, had never been to the country. Col. Paul Hughes, who worked in Strategic Policy Office of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA); Barbara Bodine, who was placed in charge of Baghdad; Jay Garner, who was director of ORHA for a brief month before being replaced by ambassador L. Paul Bremer — they speak tersely and with resignation of the work they tried to do and how it clashed with what they were told to do or with the resources they had. As David Denby wrote in The New Yorker, “The bitterest revelation of No End in Sight is that the people who got it right are in agony, whereas the people who got it wrong are practically serene.” To watch this film is to be furious and dis- gusted, heartbroken and horrified. From Donald Rumsfeld’s insulting dismissals of the possibility of insurgency to the death of U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello; from the welcoming signs in the streets to the murder of American contractors; from Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney’s involvement in the first Gulf War to their continued positions of power — what Ferguson has assembled is a damning indictment of those in our govern- ment who took the country to war on false pretenses and kept us there ineptly and igno- rantly, ignoring the things that didn’t fit with their ideology, the advice of their best- informed advisers or even the needs of the troops on the ground. ew No End in Sight opens Friday, Sept. 14, at the Bijou. THE BRAVE ONE R 12:20, 1:20, 3:25, 4:20, 6;30, 7:25, 9:30, 10:30 DRAGON WARS PG13 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 MR. WOODCOCK PG13 12:15, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 3:10 TO YUMA R *12:30, 1:35, *3:20, 4:30, *7:00, 7:45, *9:50, 10:35 *DIGITAL SHOWTIMES SHOOT ‘EM UP R 12:40, 3:05, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 HALLOWEEN R 12:50, 3:35, 7:20, 10:05 LIVE IN CONCERT: DAVID GILMORE “REMEMBER THE NIGHT” ONLY ON SATURDAY 9/15 AT 12:00 NOON BALLS OF FURY PG13 12:35, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 MR. BEAN’S HOLIDAY PG 1:25, 4:15, 7:30, 9:55 SUPERBAD R 1:05, 3:55, 7:10, 10:00 RUSH HOUR 3 PG13 1:45, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 THE BOURNE ULTIMA- TUM PG13 1:10, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 THE SIMPSONS MOVIE PG13 3:40, 10:05 HAIRSPRAY PG 12:45, 7:10 HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX PG13 12:25, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 TRANSFORMERS PG13 1:00, 4:25, 7:30, 10:35 STARDUST PG13 3:50, 7:15, 10:10 OPFOEJOTJHIU 5)&".&3*$"/0$$61"5*0/0'*3"2 1LJKWO\6DW0DW 8FIBWFOFXXBZTUPTBWFNPOFZTFFNPWJFT BENJTTJPODBSEPOMZ 4&/*03BENJTTJPODBSEPOMZ 1LJKWO\6XQ0DW %,-28/$7(1,7( RQO\ )5, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END PG13 [12:55] 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 DADDY DAY CAMP PG [12:15] 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 9:50 [12:25] 4:15, 8:00 I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY PG13 LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD PG13 [12:50] 4:30, 7:35, 10:10 SURF’S UP PG WAITRESS PG13 [12:20] 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40 [12:45] 3:20, 7:45, 10:15 EVAN ALMIGHTY PG 1408 PG13 [12:10] 2:35, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 [12:40] 3:05, 7:30, 10:00 SHREK THE THIRD PG LICENSE TO WED PG13 [12:05] 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 [12:00] 2:15, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30 [12:30] 3:25, 7:05, 9:55 [12:35] 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 KNOCKED UP R 6$7 K9H<CH 1V+WVKMZ\4I\M6Q 68 \M: 11 -? ,*+ 16, 76 40;*/,3 5A9F=75B )) (Y 16 *J LJL 50 VUJ U[S`KPZJV]LYLK 3 LY[PU KVU ]HYPV\Z 3VU JHY GIAA9F ZWH UUPUNJSPWZ LLY 65,>,,2,5+65 3@ IULVDW VXQ IULVDW VXQ DEATH SENTENCE R 3* AUDITIONS The VLT 2350 Hilyard Sat. Sept. 15th 1-4pm Sun. Sept. 16th 1-4pm The play So Far From Shore tells the story of a young film director trying to come to terms with his childhood sexual abuse. World premiere opening Jan. 11th through Feb. 2nd Four weekends The Wildish Theater Adv. Tix on Sale GOOD LUCK CHUCK (R) - ID REQ'D ★ Adv. Tix on Sale RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (R) - ID REQ'D ★ Sneak Preview: THE KINGDOM (R) - ID REQ'D THE BRAVE ONE (R) - ID REQ'D Sat. 700 PM (1145 1215 235 400) 655 730 950 1020 MR. WOODCOCK (PG-13) (1150 205 425) 700 920 DRAGON WARS (PG-13) (1140 200 420) 645 925 SHOOT 'EM UP - DIGITAL PROJECTION (R) - ID REQ'D (1225 Men needed – 18 to 70 years Women needed – Middle aged There is pay! 245 510) 750 1005 3:10 TO YUMA (R) - ID REQ'D (1135 1210 220 430 500) 715 745 1000 1030 THE BROTHERS SOLOMON (R) - ID REQ'D 940 PM OC: HALLOWEEN (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. (1155) 740 Sat. (230) 1025 Sun. (1155) 1025 HALLOWEEN (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. (230 505) 1025 Sat. (1155 505) 740 Sun. (230 505) 740 BALLS OF FURY (PG-13) (1205 225 450) 710 935 THE NANNY DIARIES (PG-13) (1130 210 440) 725 955 SUPERBAD (R) - ID REQ'D STARDUST (PG-13) (1245 445) 735 1015 (1230 355) 705 1010 RUSH HOUR 3 (PG-13) (1220 240 455) 710 930 BECOMING JANE (PG) (1240 405) 650 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (PG-13) Fri., Sun. (1235 415) 700 945 Sat. (1235 415) 945 D ONALD D EXTER J R DMD LLC DENTISTRY All that is good begins with good health. Adv. Tix on Sale GOOD LUCK CHUCK (R) - ID REQ'D ★ Adv. Tix on Sale RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (R) - ID REQ'D ★ THE BRAVE ONE (R) - ID REQ'D DRAGON WARS (PG-13) (1120 200 445) 735 1025 (1200 220 435) 705 925 3:10 TO YUMA (R) - ID REQ'D (1130 205 440) 725 1010 HALLOWEEN (R) - ID REQ'D (1215 245 515) 750 1020 BALLS OF FURY (PG-13) (1205 215 430) 700 920 SUPERBAD (R) - ID REQ'D (1155 230 505) 740 1015 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (PG-13) (1140 210 440) 715 950 2233 W ILLAMETTE S T , B LDG B • 541-485-6644 w w w . d r d e x t e r. c o m Call Theatre for Showtimes Times For 9/14 - 9/16 ©2007 SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 27
