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Slaughter
| Posted on Friday, January 24, 2014 - 07:56 am: |
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Caught this video last night when a friend sent the link. 10 minutes well spent. WINNER: Annie Dodds Award for Best Documentary at the Imperial War Museum Film Festival 2009 The Things They Carried reveals the necessity of magical thinking in the military. The greater the degree of danger and the absence of certainty leads people to seek out sources of personal strength - whatever they might be - and though the use of good luck charms and rituals might seem superficial, they are anything but... OFFICIAL SELECTION: London Short Film Festival 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Branchage International Film Festival 2009 http://vimeo.com/70147880 |
Elsinore74
| Posted on Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:54 am: |
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Thanks for posting; this video is exceptional. It's always great when history is recorded from the source(s), but this short film is so much more. This practice is timeless, and like the beer ad says. "It's only crazy if it doesn't work." |
Blake
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 01:35 am: |
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Excellent! |
Pwnzor
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 09:41 am: |
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Thanks for sharing that. |
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