A Private War movie plot

2022-01-15 08:02
In 1986, Mary Colvin began her career as a war correspondent, reporting on the front lines of combat concentrated areas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria.
In April 2001, Mary Colvin was interviewing the Civil War in Sri Lanka. At that time, the Sri Lankan government banned foreign media from entering the northern Tamil region controlled by the rebels. Mary Colvin broke the ban and broke into the restricted area without permission for interviews. When returning to the central government control area, a Sri Lankan government soldier fired a howitzer. The attack resulted in injuries and loss of vision in his left eye and deafness in his left ear.
On February 22, 2012, when the Syrian government army shelled Homs, a French photographer was injured and killed. She was 56 years old. She was engaged in news reporting on the front lines of the war for 30 years   .
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  • Jerel 2022-04-22 07:01:47

    A war reporter died on the battlefield where the last report was made, just like the director died in the shooting of the last movie. In a sense, it is the best destination.

  • Andres 2022-03-28 09:01:09

    [When you report on a war, you have to go where you might die or someone is dying] [I've been on a diet because I don't want to be fat, but I've seen a lot of people in the world starving The bitterness, so I became fond of eating] [I am afraid of getting old and dying at an early age] Her life is staying at the most brilliant moment, a person who is constantly self-destructing is like a moth to a fire, she must know that sooner or later there will be Then one day, Martha Gellhorn and Mary Colvin were women who could be idolized. I like Pei Chunhua but hope to remake it. If the reporter was a male, I would not use this angle and narrative to portray the characters.

A Private War quotes

  • Title Card: In 1986, Marie Colvin began a career as a war correspondent writing on the frontlines of every major conflict from Iraw to Afghanistan to Syria.

  • [first lines]

    Interviewer: Last question. Fifty years from now, some youngster's gonna pull this disc out of a box and maybe make a judgment about becoming a journalist. What would you want that youngster to know about Marie Colvin and about being a war correspondent?

    Marie Colvin: Very difficult question. It's like writing, uh, your own obituary. I suppose to look back at it and say, you know, I cared enough to go to these places and write, in some way, something that would make, uh, someone else care as much about it as I did at the time. Part of it is you're never gonna get to where you're going if you acknowledge fear. I think fear comes later,

    [realization chuckle]

    Marie Colvin: when it's all over.

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