James Lileks rocks my world

Undertoad · 12-06-2002, 12:29 PM

http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive...01.html#120206

(He's seen an advance copy of "Uncle Saddam” which documents's Hussein's personal life.')

The documentary gave us a glimpse of his flair for monument building, and you couldn’t help but pause the tape and slo-mo it for a close look, since all these places will be smoking holes in a few weeks. There was even a brief interview with his Speer, a Frenchman (surprise!) who designs some of these palaces. And there was a segment on the mosque Saddam is building - bigger than anything anywhere else, of course, surrounded by an immense lake, and boasting an island imprinted with the rills of Saddam’s fingerprint.

There was, perhaps, 30 seconds of footage from a children’s hospital.

That’s all they got before the guides moved them along.

A little girl trailed an IV bag on the floor.

The floor was pitted and cracked. The camera zoomed in on a crushed cigarette butt.

12-06-2002, 12:29 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	James Lileks rocks my world http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive...01.html#120206 (He's seen an advance copy of "Uncle Saddam” which documents's Hussein's personal life.') The documentary gave us a glimpse of his flair for monument building, and you couldn’t help but pause the tape and slo-mo it for a close look, since all these places will be smoking holes in a few weeks. There was even a brief interview with his Speer, a Frenchman (surprise!) who designs some of these palaces. And there was a segment on the mosque Saddam is building - bigger than anything anywhere else, of course, surrounded by an immense lake, and boasting an island imprinted with the rills of Saddam’s fingerprint. There was, perhaps, 30 seconds of footage from a children’s hospital. That’s all they got before the guides moved them along. A little girl trailed an IV bag on the floor. The floor was pitted and cracked. The camera zoomed in on a crushed cigarette butt.

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