Justawoman
04-11-2006, 08:01 AM
I saw this last night while watching tv. I have real mixed emotions about the release of Flight 93. I doubt I will watch it. I think it is too soon and then again it might do America good to remember just what terrorist are capable of.
Nearly five years after 9/11, big-screen filmmakers are beginning to address the terror attacks in fact-based dramas and fictional narratives. But unlike the novelists, journalists, musicians, and television producers who have flooded the market with terrorism-themed works in recent years, the studios are grappling with a serious image problem.
"United 93," Universal Pictures' $15 million account of the hijacked United Airlines flight that passengers brought down on Sept. 11, 2001, is a case in point. Despite a sober marketing campaign that has emphasized the involvement of the deceased passengers' families in the project, some critics have charged Universal with exploiting the tragedy.
Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114437329194319609-N4_dNl9yuzwrQnenxZ__nQo92Ds_20060506.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top)
Nearly five years after 9/11, big-screen filmmakers are beginning to address the terror attacks in fact-based dramas and fictional narratives. But unlike the novelists, journalists, musicians, and television producers who have flooded the market with terrorism-themed works in recent years, the studios are grappling with a serious image problem.
"United 93," Universal Pictures' $15 million account of the hijacked United Airlines flight that passengers brought down on Sept. 11, 2001, is a case in point. Despite a sober marketing campaign that has emphasized the involvement of the deceased passengers' families in the project, some critics have charged Universal with exploiting the tragedy.
Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114437329194319609-N4_dNl9yuzwrQnenxZ__nQo92Ds_20060506.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top)