The Fog of War
Watched The Fog of War last night, a documentary focused on lengthy interviews the filmmaker Errol Morris conducted with Robert McNamara in May 2001. I knew absolutely nothing about McNamara before the film, but left very impressed with his ability to sort out the real issues from the distractions and his steadfast belief in quantitative approaches. After doing some more reading on him after the film, it seems some feel he should shoulder a large portion of blame for the Vietnam war, but it seemed to me he had a pragmatic and logical approach to the nasty business of conflict. Errol Morris extracted "11 lessons" from the interviews, but the only ones that really stick with me are "Get the data!" and sometimes rationality doesn't make sense.
Anyway, good viewing.
8/10