Angelika Film Center
18 W Houston St
212.995.2000
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June 25, 2010 – July 18, 2010
Daily
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$13
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“Perfect Storm author and pub owner Sebastian Junger, and photographer Tim Hetherington, deployed to the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan for Restrepo, an evocative and harrowing documentary about a platoon of US soldiers serving a year in a region known for its ceaseless firefights. Rather than discuss the politics, the film focuses on how the men experience combat, the adrenaline highs and bloodstained lows. Through interviews and soldier's-eye view footage complete with bullets zooming by, Restrepo takes you inside the hearts and minds of these soldiers, and leaves you wondering, after this horror, if they will be able to return to a somewhat normal life.”
Mindy Bond, Flavorpill
Restrepo says:
In 2008 Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm) and Tim Hetherington dug in with the men of Second Platoon for a year. Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, a stronghold of al Qaeda and the Taliban, has proven to be one of the U.S. Army's deadliest challenges. It is here that the platoon lost their comrade, PFC Juan Restrepo, and erected an outpost in his honor. Up close and personal, Junger and Hetherington gain extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of backbreaking labor and deadly firefights that are a way of life at Outpost Restrepo. Ever wonder what it's really like to be in the trenches of war? Look no further. Restrepo may be one of the most experiential and visceral war films you'll ever see. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers reveal the humor and camaraderie of men who come under daily fire, never knowing which of them won't make it home.
