Omer Fast's 5,000 Feet is the Best (2011) is a film
about drone warfare and specifically about the pilots who operate these machines.
Writer - director Andrew Niccol has some thoughts
about drone warfare, and he wants to share them with you.
Starring Helen Mirren and the late Alan Rickman, this timely British thriller
about drone warfare turns out to be a real nail - biter.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, the statistics of modern
warfare show a far worse ratioof civilian to combatant deaths, in spite of all the advances in battlefield technology and bluster
about «targeted
drone strikes».
For Julienne Oldfield and
about 20 others, the day started at the Hancock Air Base where protesters have rallied against
drone warfare for years.
Documentary revealing the inner workings of the world's most powerful intelligence organization, with unprecedented access to America's spy network, all 12 living CIA directors and top agency operatives, who talk candidly
about torture, secret prisons,
drone warfare, alleged assassinations and the constant threat of attack, which begs the question: how far should America go to keep us safe?
Even worse, the film literally stops dead with several boring debates
about the merits of
drone warfare and NSA - like surveillance vs. good old - fashioned spying.
The British thriller Eye in the Sky is a modestly - budgeted film that is causing some big discussions
about the ethics and the repercussions of
drone warfare.
«Eye in the Sky»: A fast - moving drama
about terrorism,
drone warfare and the cost of collateral damage, with Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman.
The importance of Egan's personal life is a distant second to Niccol's enthusiasm for having his characters pontificate
about the nature of
drone warfare.
Besides allowing for another round of winks at the obsolescence of the Bond brand, this particular plot point permits Spectre to draw some curious ideological lines, condemning
drone warfare and government surveillance while waxing nostalgic
about the good ol' days of Cold War assassination plots.
Shaped only by the rabid aggression of the autonomous computer virus, Hoff's works raise questions
about the circulation and reproduction of digital information in a world marked by WikiLeaks,
drone warfare, and the threat of cyberterrorism.
With this cinematic video work, Fast has entered into a discussion
about one of the most pressing issues today, namely
drone surveillance and
warfare; the use of unmanned planes operated by «pilots» on the ground.