Body of War : Eddie Vedder
As many of you will already know Eddie Vedder was working on another film soundtrack alongside his work on the brilliant ‘Into the Wild‘. Very different from Into the Wild ‘Body of War’ tells the heart-wrenching tale of our friend and hero Tomas Young who was paralyzed from the chest down after serving in Iraq for just one week. Tomas is forced to deal with the realities of war each and every day. For Tomas, learning to cope with his disability meant finding his voice to speak out against the war in Iraq.
Directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, the multi award-winning Body of War splits its time between Tomas’s arduous daily reality in Kansas City, MO, and the legislative processes that led up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002. Senatorial speeches and a running tally of pro-war votes are interspliced with intimate footage of Tomas as he navigates through the acute physical and emotional impacts of his injury.
A testament to the power of parallel images, the film adeptly juxtaposes the sanitised vantage point of Washington with raw personal experience. In the end, this contrast forces viewers to question the motives, methods, and ever-rising cost of the conflict in Iraq.
A deeply moving and bracingly honest film, Body of War narrates a story that must be heard, a story of courage, conviction, and resistance. The DVD is NTSC only, there is no UK version so if you do order the DVD you will need to ensure it works with your DVD player i.e. multi-region.
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Eddie Vedder Music Video “No More” - MSNBC interview
- CSPAN coverage of the House and Senate debates
- Theatrical Trailer
- Deleted Scenes
- Filmmaker Biographies
The soundtrack is available in the UK (without any format issues) and features a host of antiwar songs: The CD is available at prices from £7.99 (iTunes) (includes both cds!) through to 24.99 (Large online retailer) which baffles us !
Disc: 1
1. Hero’s Song – Brendon James
2. American Terrorist – Lupe Fiasco
3. Light Up Ya Lighter – Michael Franti, Spearhead
4. Guerilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine
5. Son of a Bush – Public Enemy
6. Empty Walls – Serj Tankian
7. Let Them Eat War – Bad Religion
8. White People for Peace – Against Me!
9. Letter from Iraq – The Bouncing Souls
10. War – Dilated Peoples
11. Overcome (The Recapitulation) – RX Bandits
12. Fields of Agony – No Use for a Name
13. Bushonomics – Talib Kweli, Dr. Cornel West
14. 4th Branch – Immortal Technique
15. B.Y.O.B. – System of a Down
16. No More [Live] – Eddie Vedder
Disc: 2
1. Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
2. Masters of War [Live] – Pearl Jam
3. When the President Talks to God – Bright Eyes
4. Gimme Some Truth – John Lennon
5. Restless Consumer – Neil Young
6. Battle Hymns – The Nightwatchman
7. Anthrax – Kimya Dawson
8. WMD – Blow Up Hollywood
9. State of the Union – David Ford
10. Yo George – Tori Amos
11. Love Vigilantes – Laura Cantrell
12. Black Rain
13. To Kill the Child – Roger Waters
14. Day After Tomorrow – Tom Waits
The music in the trailer of this film is actually a song used on the ‘Into the Wild’ Soundtrack ? I think I need to see the film as I am slightly cynical. Eddie is remarkable campaigner and activist, he can get a message across there is no doubt about it. I have always said it . No More War!