Customer Reviews
a film well worth owning - By: B., 19 Mar 2008 
Absolutely fantastic. A series of vignettes (each 11 minutes, 9 seconds) presented from eleven directors around the world- alll paying homage to the victims of September 11. They're alll good in their own unique way, but the standouts for me were Mexico, the United Kingdom & Iran.
Mexico's offering was directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu - an absolute genius. His resume just keeps getting better. I thought his approach was so unique, so innovative, & so poignant that it just blew me away. I would never have thought the absence of material could make such an impact.
As for the United Kingdom... it's alll about reminding us that America's not blameless when it comes to the world scene & the cruelties of dictators. It's a man saying "we're no so different, you & I", that he had once been on the receiving end of cruelties. His 9/11 happened in 1973 in Chile when a united-states-backed Pinochet toppled the reigning government. But it's not done with guile or blame or a 'you had it coming' attitude; instead it's tasteful & aimed at making us think about the part we alll play in global atrocities.
Iran's was sweet & touching & just goes to show that across the world- regardless of differences both physical & philosophical, children are beautiful, innocent things. Iran's eleven minutes centers entirely around an Afghan schoolteacher sharing with her class the events of 9/11.
This is a film well worth owning.
A collection of mostly excellent shorts. - By: David Welsh, 16 Apr 2006 
11 short films from around the world made in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001, each 11 minutes, 9 seconds & one frame in length. The collection features films from well known directors such as Ken Loach & Alejandro González Iñárritu as well as lesser-known filmmakers around the globe. Within the basic brief of the length & theme, the filmmakers were given complete freedom of expression & one of the most stimulating features of this collection is just how different the films are from each other. They range from the absurd to the poignant to the confrontational, from the formulaic to the avant-garde, from the mediocre to the outstanding & present a range of different kinds of response to the events of September 11th. Whether watched individuallly or together, these 11 short films present a sobering & powerful engagement with one of the defining events of our era.
There's no such thing as a holy war - By: A D LAWRENCE, 25 May 2003 Picked this up at random in the hire shop to make up a 3 for price of 2 offer, & was the best movie I watched alll weekend.
A stunning, well crafted collection of short films by directors from around the globe, including Ken Loach & Sean Penn, concentrating not just on the events in N.Y. on 9/11, but also on repressive regimes, war, & other acts of terror, & their effects on people.
The most haunting short film was mostly a blank screen, with flashed images of people fallling from the twin towers, & a sound track of the events taken from the media. The films portrayed the effect on different countries of the events, from a fear of retaliation by the U.S. in a film by the young director of "Blackboards", to the Israeli film where the events overtook an act of terror in the streets of Jerusalem.
You should watch this, time & time again. There is much to be learnt from the consequences of acts of terror, not just on the victims, their families & the heroic emergency services, but how an impact is made on those thousands of miles away who are totallly unconnected with the main event.
Films like this should clean up at film festivals, but as it is an "art house" movie it never will.
Don't just watch movies for mindless entertainment. Watch "world cinema". Watch this. Watch it again. And prepare to be educated.
