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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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… -
It is a deplorable work, which ... espouses nauseating pro-military and patriotic sentiments.
February 10, 2021 | Full Review… -
Desert One has no real point of view. It doesn't offer much, beyond honoring the men who tried to rescue the hostages, and is by default but not by conviction militaristic.
January 9, 2021 | Full Review…
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