In this Showtime (cable) movie by Joe Dante, the war dead arise from their graves and pursue a lying, duplicitous president to get him turned out of office: Homecoming. Director Joe Dante weighs in on Iraq and the nation's reaction to the war:
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see what a fucking mess we're in," he continues. "It's been happening steadily for the past four years, and nobody said peep. The New York Times and all these people that abetted the lies and crap that went into making and selling this war—now that they see the guy is a little weak, they're kicking him with their toe to make sure he doesn't bite back. It's cowardly. This pitiful zombie movie, this fucking B movie, is the only thing anybody's done about this issue that's killed 2,000 Americans and untold numbers of Iraqis? It's fucking sick." While gratified by the warm reception to Homecoming in Turin, Dante says he's eager for the right-wing punditocracy back home to see it: "I hope this movie bothers a lot of people that disagree with it—and that it makes them really pissed off, as pissed off as the rest of us are."
The Dove rarely swears on this blog, but when I talk about Iraq, among friends, I sound just like Joe Dante.
I can't handle horror films - I'm too sensitive. But if this is a genre you like, and you have cable, check it out. It received a five minute standing ovation at the Turin Festival.
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