“I hope if anything that’s we’ve made the most visceral war documentary that one can see, and the most honest.” Those were Tim Hetherington’s words in January, a week before his and Sebastian Junger’s Restrepo won the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. documentary jury prize. The film opens theatrically today to even more acclaim . For the occasion, Movieline is republishing Seth Abramovitch ‘s in-depth interview with the filmmakers from Park City. Twenty-four hours after catching Restrepo at Sundance — a war documentary that offers an unprecedented glimpse at a full year’s deployment in the most dangerous region of Afghanistan — and I still can’t shake its startling, enthralling, and frequently devastating images. If anything, they’ve only embedded themselves deeper. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to speak at length with the two filmmakers, veteran war correspondents both, responsible for bringing Restrepo to the screen: Sebastian Junger, best-selling author of The Perfect Storm , and award-winning photojournalist, Tim Hetherington. Our conversation follows.
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Movieline Interview Flashback: Restrepo Directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
