Desert One
2019, Documentary, 1h 47m
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Comprehensive without getting bogged down in details, Desert One offers a fascinating look at a daring military mission that ended in defeat. Read critic reviews
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You can learn a lot more from your failures than your rah-rah successes. Barbara Kopple is of course a veteran [filmmaker] and does this brilliantly.
September 1, 2020 | Full Review… -
It felt a little bit dry to me. Having a lot of perspectives is good, but it means that you have a long series of talking heads... That said, it was worth watching.
September 1, 2020 | Full Review… -
[Barbara] Kopple is an impeccable documentarian.
August 24, 2020 | Full Review… -
Director Kopple has obtained never-before-heard audio of communications between Carter and the military command, and it's absolutely chilling to hear the president's reactions...
August 22, 2020 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
There's a powerful sense of you-are-there excitement to a lot of this testimony, even if Kopple's emphasis on Operation Eagle Claw tends to emphasize the American side of things in a way that isn't justified by the film's 360-degree approach.
August 21, 2020 | Rating: B- | Full Review… -
A terrifically dramatic and very emotional film.
August 21, 2020 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
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