Occupation Dreamland
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Occupation: Dreamland is an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of U.S. soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during Winter 2004. A collective study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squads activities, Occupation: Dreamland provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the citys waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in Spring 2004 that effectively destroyed it.
Occupation: Dreamland chronicles the escalating tension between its two main characters: the squad and the city. Beholden as they are to differing languages and worldviews the two antagonists collide repeatedly. A distinct sense of unease grows as the chain of misunderstanding and distrust tightens. Daylight patrols on bustling downtown streets turn from casual conversation to brief, confusing firefights while nighttime raids reveal a local populace caught in the middle of insurgency and counterinsurgency. The narrative follows a downward spiral of civil destabilization and personal frustration, borne by individuals trapped on both sides.
Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Armys 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.
Occupation: Dreamland chronicles the escalating tension between its two main characters: the squad and the city. Beholden as they are to differing languages and worldviews the two antagonists collide repeatedly. A distinct sense of unease grows as the chain of misunderstanding and distrust tightens. Daylight patrols on bustling downtown streets turn from casual conversation to brief, confusing firefights while nighttime raids reveal a local populace caught in the middle of insurgency and counterinsurgency. The narrative follows a downward spiral of civil destabilization and personal frustration, borne by individuals trapped on both sides.
Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Armys 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.
Credits
Director / Producer
Garrett Scott
Director / Editor
Ian Olds
Producer
Selina Lewis
Producer
Nancy Roth
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Trailer
Talking politics
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- Contact Information
- http://occupationdreamland.com/
- Addeddate
- 2005-09-30 13:02:48
- Color
- color
- Director
- Director/Producer Garrett Scott
- Identifier
- Occupation_Dreamland
- Run time
- 79 min.
- Sound
- sound
- Type
- MovingImage
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