2018 Directed by Matthew Heineman
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Rosamund Pike Jamie Dornan Tom Hollander Stanley Tucci Corey Johnson Greg Wise Faye Marsay Nikki Amuka-Bird Alexandra Moen Raad Rawi Hilton McRae Jérémie Laheurte Fady Elsayed Antonythasan Jesuthasan Pano Masti Pamela Betsy Cooper Michael Haydon Imogen King Ian Morine Faraz M. Khan Gina Morrish Angela Yeoh Nadeem Srouji Emil Hajj Wissam Tobaileh
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“What do you hear when the music stops?”
“I don’t hear anything at all.”
A brutal look at PTSD and the importance of journalism, and a FIERCE fucking performance by Rosamund Pike. Some of, if not the best cinematography of the entire year, unbelievably intense in its editing and pacing, fantastic score.
I was expecting to like this so I’m happy that it so completely exceeded my expectations. Wish someone else had written the script though, as its glaringly clunky moments are the only things keeping me from giving this a full 5 stars. See it immediately.
To judge by Matthew Heineman’s occasionally clumsy but thoroughly harrowing biopic, renowned war reporter Marie Colvin was only afraid of two things: Dying young, and growing old. It’s a dilemma that would bind the American ex-pat to her job until the day she lost her life while covering the Syrian Civil War. For “Cartel Land” director Heineman — a notable documentary filmmaker whose recent “City of Ghosts” chronicled the ongoing atrocities committed against the people of Raqqa — Colvin’s plight offers a natural way in to the world of narrative storytelling (and the excuse to restage a half-dozen of the bloodiest modern conflicts that predated his career).
But there’s nothing opportunistic about “A Private War.” Watching the film scramble towards…
When I hear stories like this my mind cannot comprehend the bravery that many people walk through life with. Marie said in an interview “you’re never going to get to where you’re going if you acknowledge fear. Fear comes later when it’s all over”. I don’t think it was ever over for her. I think her fear was always there, but she repressed it enough to trick herself into believing it wasn’t present. Her fear would later manifest itself when she was no longer in the war zone, but the war zone never loosened its grip on her. Her curiosity and passion to tell the truth of these wars and make people care as much as she did…
To be brutally honest, Matthew Heineman should stick to directing documentaries, as it's his strength. Rosamund Pike acts the heck out of this: she changes her hair and her voice to become Marie Colvin. I don't want to compare Pike to some of the greats like Meryl Streep or Cate Blanchett, but I will. She doesn't have THAT star power/je ne sais quoi. She is very good, but I didn't get the wow factor that I get when I see a film with Bette Davis. I hate to say she was "very good" and damn her with faint praise, but there you go (I loved her in An Education, though).
The movie covered Colvin's PTSD, which I thought was very…
miss rosamund pike delivers an unforgettably powerful performance that i am surprised hasn't been talked about and recognized more........my question is this: wHYYY?!!
“Bravery is not being afraid to be afraid” A quote from the real life hero, Marie Colvin.
These words continue to echo in my thoughts days after seeing this film, and have urged me to question the importance of my own work as a storyteller, and how one’s dedication to their craft can shape the world to create positive change.
Based on the 2012 Vanity Fair article titled “Marie Colvin’s Private War”, documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman utilises this as his source material to fuel his earth-shattering feature-film debut, A Private War, which examines the dangerous expeditions of real-life journalist, Marie Colvin.
The film follows Colvin (Rosamund Pike), an American working for The Sunday Times in the UK, as she covers…
Rosamund Pike stars as a writer,
In a true story of a fighter.
Chasing the news,
The stories she'd choose,
Would not be classified as "lighter".
A substandard biopic propelled by Rosamund Pike’s commanding performance, A Private War is a commendable portrait of the bravery, bravado & sacrifices that war journalists make on the front lines in their attempts to provide an honest, uncontaminated & first-hand account of the human cost of wars & conflicts.
A Private War tells the story of Marie Colvin, one of the most fearless & celebrated war correspondents who covered numerous conflicts all over the globe throughout her career to give voice to the voiceless. The plot digs into her rebellious persona, and covers her own struggles in dealing with the trauma that comes with the job.
Directed by Matthew Heineman in what’s his feature film debut, the film plays very much by the rules…
