In the Valley of Elah (USA, 2007) and Stop-Loss (USA 2008), which deal explicitly with the dehumanizing effect of the Iraq war on American soldiers, are two such examples. While documentaries such as Standard Operating Procedure (USA 2008) have met with some success, the majority of non-fiction and fiction films have failed at the box office. However, the Iraq War has quickly found expression in both fiction and non-fiction form. During the Vietnam conflict, the industry was slow to tackle the complex issue of representing an increasingly unpopular war. The American film industry’s response to the events of 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq heralds a transition in its previous reaction to the country at war.
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