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"I'm annoyed by the story," says Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. "I just imagine that our public figures, the people we have given so much authority and power would more deeply reflect on what they're doing and what they have done. Is that too much to ask?"
The subject of his ire is also the subject of his latest film The Unknown Known, Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the Iraq War.
The movie's name is Rumsfeld doublespeak for "things you think you know that it turns out you did not," which is appropriate for this riveting look at one of the most controversial characters of the twenty first century's first decade.
At age 81 Rumsfeld gamely allows Morris to probe into his entire 50-year political career, as both the youngest—under President Gerald Ford—and the oldest person—under George W. Bush—to serve as Secretary of Defense.
"I'm annoyed by the story," says Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. "I just imagine that our public figures, the people we have given so much authority and power would more deeply reflect on what they're doing and what they have done. Is that too much to ask?"
The subject of his ire is also the subject of his latest film The Unknown Known, Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the Iraq War.
The movie's name is Rumsfeld doublespeak for "things you think you know that it turns out you did not," which is appropriate for this riveting look at one of the most controversial characters of the twenty first century's first decade.
At age 81 Rumsfeld gamely allows Morris to probe into his entire 50-year political career, as both the youngest—under President Gerald Ford—and the oldest person—under George W. Bush—to serve as Secretary of Defense.
