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Product Description
Discover More Information About "Taxi To The Dark Side (DVD)"Run a Quick Search on "Taxi To The Dark Side" starring Alex Gibney to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Taxi To The Dark Side"Browse more products related to "Alex Gibney"ReviewNew York Times, 01/18/2008, "If recent American history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, this film will be essential." Los Angeles Times, 01/18/2008, "Gibney is a scrupulous director, and TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE is filled with detailed factual information." Empire, 06/01/2008, P.58, 5 stars out of 5 -- "[Gibney] elicits a string of candid interviews from American servicemen, and yet his enquiry aims higher, scaling the chain of command before laying the blame on the uppermost echelons of the US administration." Entertainment Weekly, 01/25/2008, p.55, "[Gibney] achieves maximum force with the direct testimony of many involved in Dilawar's life and death..." -- Grade: A- Sight and Sound, 07/01/2008, p.78, "The film's crowning irony is to establish that not only is torture morally repugnant and contrary to all the ideal the US is supposed to stand for -- it's also highly inefficient as a means of eliciting information." Distributor NoteOscar®-nominated director Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in this gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power. Disturbing and incisive, the Academy Award®-winner Taxi To The Dark Side incorporates rare and never-before-seen images from inside the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan and Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons into its exposure of the Bush administration's "global war on terror." This stunningly crafted narrative demonstrates how this one man's life and death symbolizes the erosion of our civil rights and how what it means to be an American has changed forever. Release NoteDVD Features: DVD Features: Product NotesAlex Gibney's TAXI FROM THE DARK SIDE is a perpetually shocking documentary about the Bush administration's use of torture when dealing with political prisoners, with a particular focus on those captured in Iraq and Afghanistan. The title of Gibney's movie is derived from the treatment meted out to an Afghani taxi driver named Dilawar, who was mistakenly fingered as a terrorist, then killed during a torture session conducted by American troops. Despite the title, Dilawar's case is just a small part in Gibney's jigsaw, as the director uses excruciating and comprehensive details surrounding the taxi driver's death as a starting point in his search for the people who have permitted such incidents to occur. Gut-wrenching and fully uncensored pictures from Abu-Ghraib feature alongside interviews with military personnel (some of whom tortured Dilawar) as Gibney's search slowly heads into the upper echelons of the military and, ultimately, into the Bush regime itself. If You Enjoy "Taxi To The Dark Side (DVD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Taxi To The Dark Side (DVD)"Most Recent Customer Reviews  Watch this film., September 30, 2008
By Sean
"Taxi to the Dark Side" is an in depth look at how torture has made its way into
U.S. facilities as an interrogation technique. This film is chilling,
extensively researched, and easy to follow, as it outlines the ways in which the
U.S. government has evolved to allow questionable methods to be used in the war
against terror. The interviews with soldiers are especially sobering. Important
film, not to be missed by any informed American citizen.
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