We touched down on Spaceship Earth after the Vietnam War’s conclusion, so we can’t say that the late Robert McNamara ever loomed particularly large in our imagination. But we do recall being gobsmacked by The Fog of War, perhaps the most thought-provoking documentary we’ve encountered. As a small memorial to McNamara, the most memorable (and disturbing) segment from the film is excerpted above; the slow-motion footage of a busy, contemporary Japanese street haunted us for days.
The McNamaras to Come // Jul 6, 2009 at 3:32 pm
[…] many my age, my most vivid memory of Robert McNamara comes from The Fog of War, the astoundingly good 2003 […]
Russ Mitchell // Jul 6, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Dumb Sony. How many people might watch a segment of this movie and then rent or buy it? No wonder the company is in deep doo.
Brendan I. Koerner // Jul 7, 2009 at 9:25 am
@Russ Mitchell: Indeed, silly. Fortunately, clip still lives on Google Vid; clip fixed above. Check it out, if you haven’t already.