American manager Rob Reinerwho remained found dead in his Los Angeles home on Sunday, he was best known for his key moments in the 1980s and 1990s pop culture cinema. However, its filmography besides reflects the increasing political awareness – which culminated in Shock and Awe, his exploration of the American invasion of Iraq.
In the 2017 drama, which was shown at the Dubai global movie Festival, Reiner told the actual communicative of the American media squad Knight Ridder, who in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq found evidence of false intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction.
However, their findings were mostly ignored by the major media in a country with nationalist sentiments after 9/11.
"I wanted to make this movie right after the invasion of Iraq" – said Reiner in August 2018 for The National."
But I don't think I can do that.
You should have been very careful then, due to the fact that the national temper was strange.
"It's very hard to account for America being wrong.
But this movie tells about the meaning of the fact and its disclosure."
The show featured Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, James Marsden, Milla Jovovich, and Jessica Biel, as well as Reiner, who played the montage.
Known for his political activity, Reiner was a supporter of the Democratic organization and a loud critic US president Donald Trump.
On the week of the premiere Shock and delight In 2017, Reiner joined respective arabian filmmakers to criticize Trump, who, during his first term, unilaterally recognized Jerusalem for the Capital of Israel – This movement was criticised by Palestinian officials and another arabian countries.
Reiner, who was Jewish, signed a petition led by Palestinian manager Annemarie Jacir, condemning this decision.
"Solidarly we support Palestinians in Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine, and an open Holy City belonging to all Muslims, Christians and Jews" “The petition preached.
"In your decision, Mr President, you have provoked more hostility, little religion and deep sadness in the hearts and minds of all lovers of justice in the world."
In conversation with The National in 2017 Reiner was more strict with the president of the United States.
"Now we have a president who says all Muslims should be excluded from the country.
We have a president who says we should put a wall on our confederate border to halt rape" – he said.
"We have a president who attacks law enforcement and media, all media that conduct control and balance mechanisms towards people in power. We have a president who turns distant from discipline and does not recognise global warming."
"This man has no thought about geopolitical events or how everything is connected.
There was no account of this decision, no contact with allies in the arabian world, or even in the non-Arab world, to see what the impact of this phenomenon would be."
W of its review Shock and Awe, The National He called it a movie. "who deserves to see."
"The communicative he tells is simply besides crucial to ignore for another 15 years, especially in the era of rising false news" – reads the review.
Reiner, 78, was found dead along with his wife Michele Singer, 68. Authorities have reported that deaths are being investigated as "an apparent homicide".
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