a lot about usa the movie can be sum up in it title . it draw parallel between the attitude of this country in the face of war and a kind of hollywood like falseness that glorifies thing that shouldn not be glorify . i be not sure i agree with the filmmaker take on recent event ( although and truthfully and i can not always tell exactly where he stand ) but i admire the unusual and artistic way of get the point across . audio track of speech and radio interview and poetry etc . play a large a role here a visuals . most of the time the visuals of the story be accompany by these audio element to good effect . i be kind of a radio buff so it be satisfy to hear the way that radio be integrate into the pace of the movie . in fact and most of the dialog take place over the story rather than have character talk to one another . that not to say that there aren not character ( real people ) and but except for jim the protagonist ( a kind of 60 drop out with an erratic state of mind ) the others come and go pretty quickly . a few make a very powerful impression and especially a guru like taxi driver who seem to be the voice of wisdom itself . when he break out into a spontaneous song of prayer while drive jim to the subway and it be a very powerful moment . on the cover of the dvd be the quote the danger be clear which be take from president bush speech that pave the way to our incursion into iraq . in retrospect and hearing that speech at a climactic moment in the film bring home how we be live in a historically charge moment which will always be remember .