Bitter Lake
2015 2h 15mDocumentary
8.176%7.6
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
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- Christopher King2d agoFirst of all, I must highly recommend watching "The Power of Nightmares" as an accompanying piece with this one. While this is another excellent presentation from Adam Curtis, with haunting images taken from the vast BBC archives and his signature voice over, I'm not sure why it was decided to make it a 2+hour 'movie' rather than a multi-part mini-series. My supposition from some of the choices was that he wasn't given enough time to edit a multi-part series together. For example, there are several sections without voice-over, rather information is delivered via text on the screen. This could be a dramatic choice, but it was most likely because it was easier/faster/cheaper to do it like like that. Other than that, I love the historical gaps about Afghanistan that this fills for me!
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Bitter Lake was released on January 25, 2015.
Bitter Lake was directed by Adam Curtis.
Bitter Lake has a runtime of 2h 15m.
Bitter Lake was produced by Lucy Kelsall.
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
The key characters in Bitter Lake are Narrator (Adam Curtis), Self (archive footage) (George H. W. Bush), Self (archive footage) (George W. Bush).
Bitter Lake is a Documentary film.
Bitter Lake has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.