Question 1

What real-life incident inspired the film Redacted?

Accepted Answer

The film is loosely based on the 2006 Mahmoudiyah, Iraq incident where U.S. Army soldiers raped and killed a young Iraqi girl and her family.

Question 2

Which film festival premiered Redacted in 2007?

Accepted Answer

Redacted premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2007, and also screened at the BFI London Film Festival (2007) and International Film Festival Rotterdam (2008).

Question 3

What homage does the scorpion scene pay to another film?

Accepted Answer

The scene where Salazar films a scorpion being devoured by ants is an homage to the beginning of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969).

Question 4

Who financed the production of Redacted?

Accepted Answer

The film was financed by Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team.

Question 5

What musical piece connects Redacted to Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon?

Accepted Answer

The Sarabande movement from Handel's Keyboard Suite In D Minor plays in the French documentary segment, which is also the main theme of Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975).

Question 6

What real-life incident inspired the film Redacted?

Accepted Answer

The film is loosely based on the 2006 Mahmoudiyah, Iraq incident where U.S. Army soldiers raped and killed a young Iraqi girl and her family.

Question 7

Which film festival premiered Redacted in 2007?

Accepted Answer

Redacted premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2007, and also screened at the BFI London Film Festival that year and International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2008.

Question 8

What cinematic homage appears in Redacted's scorpion scene?

Accepted Answer

The scene where Salazar films a scorpion being devoured by ants is an homage to the beginning of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969).

Question 9

Who financed the production of Redacted?

Accepted Answer

The film was financed by Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team.

Question 10

What musical connection does Redacted have to Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon?

Accepted Answer

The Sarabande movement of Handel's Keyboard Suite In D Minor, which plays in the French documentary segment, is also the main theme of Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975).

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