Black Hawk Down Quotes

• I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like as well. So I think most of the films I make, I'm sure, will be in that category. But I can also see myself making a film like 'Black Hawk Down,' and I could also totally do horror.

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  Neill Blomkamp

  Artist   Gun   Thinking  

  Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. January 4, 2010.

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• In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at its grittiest. For military history buffs, or those interested in the front lines of the war on terror, Roberts Ridge is a must read.

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  Jay Winik

  Military   War   Black  

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• In America now every romantic comedy is interpreted politically. I can remember when I was promoting Black Hawk Down we were all being asked what it said about September 11th. Well, it was shot before that happened, so, nothing.

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  Eric Bana

  America   Black   September 11  

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• The film Black Hawk Down paints the Somali people as wild savages.

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  Brendan Sexton III

  People   Black   Savages  

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• I'm proud of 'Black Hawk Down' because I think it told a provocative story and it was honest. It could have had more opportunity to tell both sides of the story, but I'm still proud of it.

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  Josh Hartnett

  Opportunity   Thinking   Black  

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• I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known as 'Black Hawk Down' was still taking place. The Americans were still pinned down under fire. And everybody else was basically going the other way, and I was the only one putting my hand up for a flight in.

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  Geraldine Brooks

  Thinking   Fire   Hands  

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