Monday, August 08, 2005  At The Movies  Tonight I watched the
movie Carandiru at a friend's house. An interesting flick about
a doctor in an overcrowded Brazilian prison. The climax of the
movie - a prison riot and the police countermeasures that ended
it - are depicted in detail. The film was based on a true story
and the police raid in question resulted in 112 prisoner deaths.
The raid, as described by the prisoners, showed police firing on
those who had previously thrown down their weapons and waved
white flags. Cops were gunning down men, execution style, all
over the place. Those I was watching it with were slagging the
police off, and I could hear the anarchistic cogs turning in
their minds. This is what happens when you leave The Man in
charge. Abu Ghraib! Camp X-Ray! Baxter!  Hang on, it's only a
movie, dammit. This is the reality told by the surviving
prisoners. Isn't that setting off some alarm bells, people?
Like, take it with a grain of salt, people? No? Fine. I'm going
to make a movie about the