The title, together with a tiny fraction of the footage, comes from Frank Capra's series of seven WWII propaganda films. The reappropriation is, needless to say, ironic. Eugene Jarecki, maker of The Trials of Henry Kissinger, adduces no less definite reasons why, just less noble ones. In a nutshell: the military-industrial complex; money; profit; corporate greed. The film takes the form of a forum, with views expressed across a broad spectrum (Gore Vidal on the left to Richard Perle, "the Prince of Darkness," on the right), but there is no mistaking toward which end of it the filmmaker is nudging us. Ranging as far back as the Second World War and as up to the minute as Iraq, lingering admiringly (and surprisingly) over Eisenhower's admonitory farewell address in 1961, embracing both the eminento (John McCain, Dan Rather) and the Little Guy (a retired New York cop who lost a son on 9/11, a callow new Air Force recruit), Jarecki matches Michael Moore's scope but not his nimbleness, his sprightliness. Like-minded viewers can feel some fellowship within their powerlessness. (2005) — Duncan Shepherd
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