Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Direction
Morris's Interrotron makes subjects confess to the lens.
Editing
Photos animate into living horror—time itself becomes evidence.
Sound
Danny Elfman's score throbs beneath testimony like dread.
Director
Errol Morris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morris paid some interview subjects, controversially—he defended it as standard documentary practice, not buying testimony.
The 'bad apple' defense was focus-tested by Pentagon PR; Morris structures the film as deliberate dismantling of that talking point.
US
