
'Bo' Gritz is one of America's highest decorated Vietnam veterans and the media turned him into the real life inspiration behind Rambo. He also killed 400 people, turned against Washington and moved to the Nevada desert where he now sleeps with many weapons. Filmed over ten years using impressive visual material, Zimmerman's portrait of Bo embodies contemporary American society in all its dizzying complexity and contradictions.... (Full plot summary below)
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'Bo' Gritz is one of America's highest decorated Vietnam veterans and the media turned him into the real life inspiration behind Rambo. He also killed 400 people, turned against Washington and moved to the Nevada desert where he now sleeps with many weapons. Filmed over ten years using impressive visual material, Zimmerman's portrait of Bo embodies contemporary American society in all its dizzying complexity and contradictions.
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| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsIf you thought America had reached the ne plus ultra of telegenic wackos who covet the reins of power, think, on this evidence, again. Yet there is an honesty and transparency in Gritz's bluster that makes him oddly charismatic. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonDemonstrating the consequences of indulging a culture built on myths and conspiracy theories, this is a compelling portrait of a war hero who epitomises many Middle American concerns and convictions. |
| Total FilmTim ColemanThe result is like a Lynchian nightmare of right-wing America. Chilling. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterHe comes across as a dangerous cocktail of fact and fantasy who could be the father of fake news. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawA bit shapeless and unsignposted, sometimes more like a rough cut than a finished movie, a patchwork of original interview material and archive footage. But it's a good story. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsAn abstract portrait of a true outsider. Shocking and compelling, even if a little meandering at times. |
| Times (UK)Kevin MaherZimmerman has effectively drowned any brainpower in a kaleidoscope of sloppy edits and relentless rolling footage of a man who appears to be profoundly boring. |