The Hurt Locker (Click image to watch in Amazon)
Some military friends of mine have scoffed at the technical portrayal of defusing bombs presented in The Hurt Locker, citing inaccuracies such as the fact that such a small bomb-defusing crew would be sent out alone, and that crews were more accustomed to responding to situations than sniffing for bombs on deserted streets. Other soldiers have defended the overall “truth’ or “feel’ of the movie as representing the experience adequately, if in broad strokes. Thus we run up against the question of verisimilitude, or what I like to call truth effect. To what extent are films that are not documentary responsible to getting technical details right. Is there something in the idiom of film that presents special challenges, or requires a certain latitude?
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