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1999 2:00 AM   • |  PARK CITY '99: A Ten-Year Odyssey to "Regret
to Inform"   By Rebecca Sonnenshine  It is rare when a
documentary can be both extraordinarily personal and make an
overwhelmingly universal statement at the same time. "Regret ,"
one of Sundance's most poignant, compassionate 1999 entries
(and a 1999 IFP Spirit Award nominee), is not only a deeply
moving of one woman's experience, but a powerful anti-war
statement that draws from an often overlooked point of view: the
women who were left behind. Though the film steers away from
deliberately political questions, it quietly warns us of the
dangers of looking at war through the cold lens of politics. For
when we merely see "the other," when we see only protocol and
power struggles, war becomes an unfortunately logical  Barbara
Sonneborn, a Berkeley-based artist and filmmaker, began crafting
her film "Regret to Inform" over ten years ago, but the story
really began long before that. I