The Trials of Henry Kissinger

Name: The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 25, 2002
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 72

2002

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First Run Features | Release Date: September 25, 2002

Summary: Is Henry Kissinger -- Nobel Laureate and the most famous diplomat of his generation -- also a war criminal? Provoked by the Christopher Hitchens's book, filmmakers Jarecki and Gibney have constructed a movie which is both brilliant legal brief and chilling psychodrama. (Film Forum)

Director: Eugene Jarecki

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 80 min

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David Sterritt

Pungent, opinionated, outspoken. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Makes compelling, provocative and prescient viewing. You can draw your own conclusions. Read full review

Jack Mathews

The Trials of Henry Kissinger serves as both a prosecution brief on the above charges and an unauthorized biography. Read full review

Jonathan Foreman

This brisk, British-American co-production is one of the better political/historical documentaries to come out in some time. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Provides a valuable refresher course in our less-acknowledged methods of meddling in the affairs of other countries. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

The case is a convincing one, and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause. Read full review

John Powers

To explore seriously the question of Kissinger's crimes wouldn't merely take hours, it would require the patient, unblinking vision of a Frederick Wiseman or Marcel Ophuls. Gibney and Jarecki just want to string the bastard up. Read full review

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Jan 24, 2020

Documentaries are made by people that are passionate about a subject, the thesis of this one is that Kissinger is a war criminal. So the message of the documentary is "war criminal, war criminal war criminal" then it pretends to be balanced and present a different perspective, but it's soDocumentaries are made by people that are passionate about a subject, the thesis of this one is that Kissinger is a war criminal. So the message of the documentary is "war criminal, war criminal war criminal" then it pretends to be balanced and present a different perspective, but it's so feeble and meek that they might as well have saved us a few minutes and give up the charade.

Don't get me wrong, the story they are telling is worthy of being told and heard. But when the Washington Post says; "Makes compelling, provocative and prescient viewing. You can draw your own conclusion." That last bit is laughable, that documentary doesn't want you to do that, it's a blunt tool.… Expand

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