The Fog of War (2003 film)

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documentary film

The Fog of War is an Errol Morris documentary in which former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara reflects on his role in 20th-century conflicts and the moral ambiguities of modern warfare.

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instanceOf	documentary film ⓘ
academyAwardsYear	76th Academy Awards ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	experiences of Robert S. McNamara ⓘ
cinematography	Peter Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely acclaimed ⓘ
director	Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Sony Pictures Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ
editingBy	Karen Schmeer NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploresConcept	civilian casualties ⓘ fog of war ⓘ proportionality in warfare ⓘ responsibility of policymakers ⓘ
features	archival footage ⓘ audio recordings ⓘ interviews with Robert S. McNamara ⓘ
genre	biographical documentary ⓘ documentary ⓘ war documentary ⓘ
hasOriginalScoreStyle	minimalist music ⓘ
hasTagline	Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacterName	Robert S. McNamara NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation	United States Secretary of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	decision-making in war ⓘ lessons learned from 20th-century conflicts ⓘ moral ambiguities of modern warfare ⓘ
notableFor	use of the Interrotron interview device ⓘ
partOf	Errol Morris filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	2003-12-19 ⓘ
releaseYear	2003 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	107 ⓘ
screenedAt	Telluride Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	20th century ⓘ
starring	Robert S. McNamara NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuban Missile Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert S. McNamara NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ ethics of war ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
writer	Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ