{"id":9287,"date":"2010-10-03T03:36:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T02:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=9287"},"modified":"2010-10-03T03:49:37","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T02:49:37","slug":"dvd-shooting-robert-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/10\/03\/dvd-shooting-robert-king\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD: Shooting Robert King"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What makes war photographers set out to capture images from some of the most dangerous places on earth?<\/p>\n

This is a question that drove director Richard Parry<\/a> as he followed photo-journalist Robert King in Shooting Robert King<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Using footage shot over a fifteen year period, the documentary chronicles King in the war zones of the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya and Iraq.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The first part sees him as a naive, but determined 24 year old getting his first taste of war in Sarajevo during 1993.<\/p>\n

But by the time of Grozny in 1997, he is a more hardened figure who has had photos published on the covers of the world’s top publications including Time and Figaro.<\/p>\n

After spells in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Albania and Kosovo he eventually goes to Iraq in 2007, by which time he is married with a family.<\/p>\n

In the most recent conflict, he chose (like many others) to be embedded with the US military and it is\u00a0an eye-opening behind-the-scenes look at how the war was covered.<\/p>\n

The footage in the film is often remarkable, providing a fascinating document of the wars, although sensitive viewers should be warned that it is frequently graphic and disturbing.<\/p>\n

A compelling portrait of a journalist and his motives for covering war, it also intercuts King talking about his experiences in the relative peace of Tennessee during 2007.<\/p>\n

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The extras on the DVD include the following:<\/p>\n