a be obvious in the complex response to both the book and the film by errol morris and philip gourevitch and standard operating procedure place in our face some fact we would rather shield than discus . the story of the period of between september 2003 and february 2004 at the abu ghraib prison in iraq be so well know not only from the news medium but also from the internet blogging sit that it need not be outline in a review of this film . the fact document by photograph take by those who participate and observe the inhuman treatment of prisoner be indisputable represent see them on the screen in full frame and in close up shot be almost more than the compassionate eye can tolerate . but there it be and yes and we do need to witness the abuse and humiliation that describe the u prisoner treatment in iraq and no matter who be to blame enlisted personnel and mi and high rank military official and the white house . the fact that it occur a such a gross abuse of human right should awaken in all of u a more complete awareness that war make human do such thing . it be ugly to watch and difficult to digest and and extremely try on our set of belief that man inhumanity to man have and do exist despite our need to believe otherwise . give the atrocity document by this film and the style of the film a a work of cinema deserves to be address also . the flow of the documentary with the interplay of interview piece by those infamous young people upon whose shoulder the blame be place in what appear to be a diversionary technique to avoid deep probing of the true guilt and along with the image of the prison itself stark line of cellblock and living condition so foul they seem to actually smell on the screen be well conceive and beautifully or creatively capture by cinematographer robert chappell and robert richardson and enhance by a strangely appropriate musical scoring by danny elfman . the film may be about thing ugly and but the technique use to tell the story be high quality art . abu ghraib and along with guantanamo and will always be a scar on the conscience of america and even beyond the time that this ugly iraq war be over . we should all look at this film with the hope that with see actual footage of a nightmare may help prevent recurrence in the future . grady harp .